Entry requirements

Materials Chemistry, 5 credits (Master's level). Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student shall be able to:

• perform thermodynamic calculations of relevance for additive manufacturing (AM) using a commercial software,
• desicribe basic concepts and phenomena related to nucleation and solidification in melt pools,
• describe kinetic effects in additive manufacturing (AM),
• describe how microstructure can be controlled in powder bed processes, during postprocessing and in binder jetting,
• using a deeper understanding of different AM techniques to critically analyse how they affect microstructure and properties.

Content

Thermodynamics in additive manufacturing (AM). Solidification in AM process. Control of microstructure in different AM processes. Phase transformations in AM including postprocessing steps. Project based on scientific publications in relevant areas. Computer laboratory exercise.

Instruction

Lectures, project and laboratory work

Assessment

Written examination (3 hp), laboratory work and project (2 hp).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.