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Course Catalog 2010-2011
MOL-5826 Advanced Course on Elastomeric Materials, 5 cr |
Person responsible
Jyrki Vuorinen
Requirements
Final exam and exercises.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course, the student is able to name the most important processing methods of rubber and thermoplastic elastomer products. The student understands the basic design principles of elastomeric products and is able to apply these guidelines to practice. The student can also identify the most common test methods of elastomeric materials and knows their suitability to gain certain material property data. The student is able to name the various components of a tyre and can give examples of their purposes in a tyre structure. In addition, the student is able to explain the main phases of tyre manufacturing process.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Specialty rubbers. | ||
| 2. | Processing methods of rubber and thermoplastic elastomer products. | ||
| 3. | Bonding of rubber to various substrates. | ||
| 4. | Design of elastomeric products. | ||
| 5. | Testing, quality control and failure analysis of elastomeric materials. | ||
| 6. | Networking theories and modeling of rubber properties. | ||
| 7. | Tyre components and their functions in tyre structure. Manufacturing process of a tyre. |
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | Rubber Processing: An Introduction | Johnson P.S. | English | ||||
| Lecture slides | English | ||||||
| Other online content | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| MOL-5816 Elastomeric Materials | Mandatory |
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
There is no equivalence with any other courses
Additional information
This course is lectured during every other academic year.
Will not be lectured year 2010-2011