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University of Virginia, Department of Materials Science and Engineering MSE 3050: Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials Spring 2012, Monday and Wednesday, 2:00 - 3:15 pm Mechanical Engineering Building 339 | |
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Instructor: Leonid V. Zhigilei Office: Wilsdorf Hall 303D Office Hours: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Monday & open Telephone: (434) 243 3582 E-mail: lz2n@virginia.edu Teaching Assistant: Eaman Abdul Karim Office: Wilsdorf Hall 303 Office Hours: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Wednesday and 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Friday E-mail: eta3b@virginia.edu Web: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~lz2n/mse305/ Class e-mail: 12sp-mse-3050@collab.itc.virginia.edu |
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Homework #1 was due Wednesday, February 1 Homework #2 was due Wednesday, February 15 Homework #3 was due Monday, February 27 Review Session - Monday, February 27, 6:30 pm, Mechanical Engineering Building 339 Mid-Term Exam - Wednesday, February 29 Homework #4 was due Monday, March 26 Homework #5 was due Monday, April 2 Computer Laboratory (and homework #6) - Wednesday, April 4 (homework #6 was due on Monday, April 9) Mid-Term Exam - Wednesday, April 11 Homework #7 is due Monday, April 30 Review session - Sunday, May 6, 2:00 pm, Mechanical Engineering Building 339 Final Exam - Thursday, May 10, 2-5 pm, Mechanical Engineering Building 339 |
Abstract: In this course we start from a brief review of classical thermodynamics necessary for understanding of phase diagrams. We will then apply the thermodynamic concepts to the analysis of phase equilibria and phase transformations in one-component and multi-component systems. We will learn how to read and analyze phase diagrams of real materials and how to construct phase diagrams from thermodynamic data. In the last part of the course we will consider the basic concepts of kinetic phenomena in materials. Most kinetic phenomena in condensed matter involve diffusion and we will focus on the mechanisms of diffusion in materials as well as on the analytical and numerical methods to describe diffusion. By the end of the course we will see how the interplay of thermodynamic driving forces and kinetics of mass transfer is defining the formation of complex microstructure of real materials.
Main (optional) textbooks:
D. A. Porter and K. E. Easterling, Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys, 2nd edition, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992 (TN690 .P597 - placed on reserve circulate, Science and Engineering Library).
This textbook (2nd edition) was reprinted by CRC Press in 2003; 3rd edition was published by CRC Press in 2009.
D. R. Gaskell, Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials, 4th edition, New York: Taylor & Francis, 2003 (TN673 .G33 2003 - placed on reserve circulate, Science and Engineering Library).
In the first part of this course, when we review the fundamentals of thermodynamics, it would be useful for you to read sections of Gaskell's book suggested in the lecture notes. You may also want to look for more compact and sometimes more clear explanations given in Porter and Easterling. Please keep in mind that notation varies from textbook to textbook; nevertheless, looking into different textbooks may help to clarify complicated topics and provide additional examples.
Kinetics is not covered in Gaskell. In the second part of the course the main source of material will come from the lecture notes and from Porter and Easterling.
Lecture notes: will appear at this Web page as course progresses.
Topics that are covered include:
Introduction
Notes
Short review of mathematical methods in thermodynamics by S. M. Blinder
Review of classical thermodynamics