Plastics Technology (1.5 SWS):
The students discuss their basic understanding of

• construction
• properties
• application
• processing
• examination of plastics and composites.

• read and interpret Material Property Charts.
• make material selection for certain systems.
• make material selection for overdetermined systems.
• make material choices with multiple objectives.

• the operating principle of the different classes of intelligent materials (i.e. physical principles).
• at least two practical applications for each of these classes (see course contents of the module).

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Plastics Technology:

• Introduction to plastics
• Fundamentals of Polymer Chemistry
• Plastics
• Materials Testing of Plastics
• Composites: Types of additives, processing and testing

• Material property charts
• Material properties of the material families in comparison
• Derivation of Ashby's method of material selection
• Discussion of solution methods for different use cases
• Evaluation of the properties of plastics compared to other material classes

• Shape Memory Materials
• Phase Change Materials (PCM)
• Piezoelectric materials
• Non-Newtonian fluids (incl. magnetorheological fluids and ferrofluids)
• Aerogels, superhydrophobic surfaces
• Self-healing materials

H. Domininghaus: Kunststoffe: Eigenschaften und Anwendungen, Springer (2012)
G.W. Ehrenstein: Polymerwerkstoffe: Struktur - Eigenschaften - Anwendung, Hanser (2011)
W. Michaeli: Einführung in die Kunststoffverarbeitung, Hanser (2017)
W. Grellmann, S. Seidler: Kunststoffprüfung, Hanser (2015)
M.F. Ashby: Material Selection in Mechanical Design, Elsevier (2016)
S. Langbein, A. Czechowicz: Formgedächtnistechnik, Springer (2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17904-5
J. Goldasz , B. Sapinski, Insight into Magnetorheological Shock Absorbers, Springer (2016) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13233-4

Lecture, discussion, exercises and case studies

integrated module examination
immanent assessment type: participation & written final examination