Selection and design of materials for the sustainable city
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This course provides a method for selecting the most efficient material for a given application defined by specifications. Ashby’s method of material selection strategy is presented in a theoretical way.
The composition-microstructure-property relationships are studied in general terms and through examples relating to housing and urban materials: cements, ceramics, glass and glass ceramics, metal alloys, polymers.
Composite materials and architectural materials (whose characteristic dimension is in the order of mm) are approached as materials capable of associating properties that are a priori incompatible, and with the idea of encouraging the student to imagine new possibilities in a functional design approach.
The examples also illustrate the environmental functions of materials: lightening, thermal insulation in particular.
At the end of this course the student must
Know the definition and concrete examples of composite or architectural materials
Know how to design new materials, especially for sustainable cities
Use the Ashby method of material selection
Know how to compare the mechanical and thermal properties of the major classes of materials.
Teaching language: FR
