Courses persons responsible
Pertti Nousiainen

Lecturers
Pertti Nousiainen

Implementations

	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4	Period 5	Summer
Lecture	-	4 h/week	-	-	-	-
Exercise	-	14 h/per	-	-	-	-
Exam

(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
The aim of the course is to give good theoretical and practical knowledge on processing polymers to functional fibres with special properties, and the applications of these fibres.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	The functional and structural properties and manufacture of high performance fibres compared with usual fibres. Polyblend fibre examples, conductive fibres and other polyblend applications. Degradation, stabilization and lifetime prediction of fibre polymers. Anisotropic polymers and liquid crystalline polymers in fibre processing. Regenerated cellulosics, polyolefines, polyesters, aromatic and carbon fibres and their special manufacturing processes. Production of ultra-fine fibres and their applications, surface characteristics of fibres and modification.

Requirements for completing the course
Approved exercises and exam on the course content.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Study material

Type	Name	Auhor	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability...	Exam material	Language
Summary of lectures	High technology fibres	Pertti Nousiainen				Yes	English
Lecture slides						Yes	English

Prerequisites
Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

Remarks

Distance learning

- In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
- In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
- In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

- Contact teaching: 100 %
- Distance learning: 0 %
- Proportion of a student's independent study: 0 %

Scaling

Methods of instruction	Hours
Lectures	60
Exercises	40

Other scaled	Hours
Exam/midterm exam	3
Total sum	103

Last modified	15.05.2006
Modified by	Anne Viskari