PBT703 - POLYMER ENGINEERING

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
POLYMER ENGINEERING PBT703 3rd Semester 3 0 3 10
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesDiscussion
Demonstration
 
Instructor (s)Prof. Dr. Murat Åžen /Prof. Dr. Olgun Güven  
Course objectiveTo teach the concepts of elastic and viscos behaviours of long chain polymers and elastomers with external stimuli?s such as stress, strain, and temperature.  
Learning outcomes
  1. Student will learn the following subjects; The meaning of Plastic engineering, Plastics Available to the Designer, how the plastic and rubber materials can be designed, what are the parameters for design, the relationship between mechanical properties and design, importance of mass and head transfer during processing, Solution of problems in extrusion and injection molding, Plastics and rubbers available for the construction and automobile industry.
Course Content1. Introduction the plastic engineering
2. Plastics Available to the Designer (Selection of Plastics)
3. Design Parameter
4. Product Design
5. Design Reliability
6. Mechanical Behaviors of Plastics and design
7. Rheological Properties of Molten Polymers
8. Thermal Properties of Solid and Molten Polymers
9. Heat Transfer in Plastics Processing
10. Analytical Procedures for Troubleshooting Extrusion Screws
11. Analytical Procedures for Troubleshooting Extrusion Dies
12. Analytical Procedures for Troubleshooting Injection Molding.
13. Plastics in Buildings, Construction and automobile industry
 
References? Dominick Rosato And Donald Rosato, Plastics Engineered Product Design Elsevier, 2003
? R.J. Crawford, Plastics Engineering, Butterworth?Heinemann, 1998.
? Myer Kutz, Applied Plastics Engineering Handbook Processing and Materials, 2011 Elsevier Inc.
? Natti S. Rao and Nick R. Scho, Understanding Plastics Engineering Calculations Hands?on
Examples and Case Studies , Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2012
? J Maxwell, Plastics in the Automotive Industry, Woodhead Publishing, 1994
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Plastics Available to the Designer (Selection of Plastics)
Week 2Design Parameters
Week 3Product Design
Week 4Design Reliability
Week 5Mechanical Behaviors of plastics and design
Week 6Midterm exam
Week 7Rheological Properties of Molten Polymers
Week 8Thermal Properties of Solid and Molten Polymers
Week 9Heat Transfer in Plastics Processing
Week 10Analytical Procedures for Troubleshooting Extrusion Screws
Week 11Analytical Procedures for Troubleshooting Extrusion Dies
Week 12Analytical Procedures for Troubleshooting Injection Molding.
Week 13Midterm exam
Week 14Plastics in Buildings and Construction and automobiles
Week 15Homework
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments210
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms240
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes050
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes050
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)1010100
Presentation / Seminar Preparation000
Project000
Homework assignment15050
Midterms (Study duration)23570
Final Exam (Study duration) 14040
Total Workload28138302

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

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