Engineering Plastics

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Materials Science.

Course Contents

Historical development of plastic materials and plastic industry, classification of plastic materials, chemical structure of plastic materials, polymerization process and their varieties, physical structure of plastic materials, blending of plastic materials and reinforced plastic materials, mechanical behaviour of plastic materials, destructive tests of plastic materials, forming methods of plastic materials; pressure forming, rotating forming, transfer forming, rotating-casting forming, injection forming, extrusion and welding of plastic materials.

Weekly Schedule

1) Historical development of plastic materials and plastic industry.
2) Classification of plastic materials, chemical structure of plastic materials, thermoset and thermoplastic plastics.
3) Polymerization process and their varieties, policondensation, poliaddition.
4) Polymerization process and their varieties, policondensation, poliaddition.
5) Physical structure of plastic materials, determination of molecule weight of plastics, blending of plastic materials and reinforced plastic materials.
6) Physical structure of plastic materials, determination of molecule weight of plastics, blending of plastic materials and reinforced plastic materials.
7) Mechanical behaviours of plastic materials; mechanical behaviours amorf and crystal plastics, elastic behaviour of plastic materials, viscose behaviour of plastic materials.
8) Visa.
9) Mechanical behaviour of plastic materials; visco-elastic behaviour of plastics, fatigue in plastics, toughness and hardnes in plastics, wear behaviour of plastics.
10) Destructive tests of plastic materials.
11) Forming methods of plastic materials; pressure forming, rotating forming.
12) Forming methods of plastic materials; transfer forming, rotating-casting forming.
13) Forming methods of plastic materials; injection forming, extrusion.
14) Welding of plastic materials.
15) Welding og plastic materials.
16) Welding og plastic materials.

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Problem Solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required