INW.05559.04 - Polymer Engineering (Complete module description)

Prof. Dr. Beate Langer

This module covers basic topics of polymer engineering. The lecture Polymer Processing gives an overview on the general aspects of polymer processing, i.e. handling of polymers from engineering point of view, the lecture Polymer Testing deepens the view on the characterization methods on macroscopic level. The lab courses Polymer processing and testing accompany the lectures and show the details of performing such experiments.
Lectures:
1. Lecture Polymer Processing
Basics of melt flow, extrusion, injection molding, spinning, foaming, elastomer processing, processing tires, blown film extrusion, recycling of polymer materials
2. Lecture Polymer Testing
Elastic, visco-elastic and plastic deformation behavior of polymer materials and phenomenological models, quasi-static test methods of polymer materials (tensile, compression, bending), hardness measurement and test methods, charpy impact test, instrumented impact tests as methods for toughness characterizations of polymer materials, fracture mechanics concepts for polymer materials
Lab Courses:
1. Polymer Processing Lab
Extrusion, injection molding, elastomer processing, blown film extrusion
2. Polymer Testing Lab
Characterization of elastic properties, tensile test, dynamic-mechanical analysis, bend test, ball indentation test, Charpy impact test, drop weight test, tensile impact test

written examination and seminar problem set solutions Polymer Processing, written examination Polymer Testing, completed lab course protocols Polymer Processing, completed lab course protocols Polymer Testing

oral or written examination