Content of Learning Activity

Phase diagrams and phase transformation;
Conventional steels and automotive steels (high strength steels): structures and properties;
Heat treatments in the mass and surface heat treatments; Metal alloys other than ferrous alloys (wrought Al, Mg and Ti alloys);
Structural alloys: Ferrous cast irons (white-gray), Al cast irons, Cast Mg alloys;
Resistance in corrosive environments: the different types of corrosion, the study of stainless steels, refractory steels and alloys, Al alloys and Ti alloys.
Consideration of cost and sustainability aspects.

Required Learning Resources/Tools

Not applicable

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

Lecture notes

Other Recommended Reading

J.-P. Baïlon, J.-M. Dorlot - 2000 - Des Matériaux (3e édition) - Montréal - Presses internationales polytechniques.
J. Lecomte-Beckers - Caractéristiques Principales des Alliages d'Aluminium - Chaire aluminium - 1999 - tome 2, pages 17-24.
F. Habashi - 1998 - Alloys : Preparation, Properties, Applications - Weinheim - Wiley-VCH
G. Béranger, G. Henry, G. Labbe, P. Soulignac - 1997 - Les aciers spéciaux - Paris - Technique et documentation, Edition Lavoisier.
A.J. Sedriks - 1996 - Corrosion of Stainless Steels (2nd Edition) - New York - John Wiley & Sons.

Mode of delivery

• Face-to-face

Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

• Cours magistraux

Evaluations

The assessment methods of the Learning Activity (AA) are specified in the course description of the corresponding Educational Component (UE)