2024 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Properties and manufacturing process for automotive sheet steels
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Nobuo Nakada / Naoki Yoshinaga / Yukiko Kobayashi / Eisaku Sakurada / Nobuyuki Yoshimura / Yusuke Mochida / Chisato Wakabayashi
- Class Format
- Lecture (HyFlex)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.M428
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Properties and manufacturing processes of sheet steels for automotive applications will be introduced. The followings will be also focused; basic steel metallurgy, how to precede product development with customers, characteristics and interesting points of steel research, recent topics on research and development, issues to be tackled for the future and so on.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) microstructure and properties of automotive sheet steels.
2) manufacturing processes for automotive sheet steels.
3) recent topics on development of automotive sheet steels.
4) basic knowledge on car body.
Keywords
Sheet steel, Automobile, High strength, Microstructure, Mechanical property
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Each class consists of lecture and exercise.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | This lecture is intensive course and consists of seven topics. Students learn properties and manufacturing processes of some representative sheet steels for automotive applications in each class. | Specified by the lecturer. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Specified by the lecturer.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Handouts
Evaluation methods and criteria
Specified in the classes.
Related courses
- MAT.M405 ： Advanced Microstructure Design of Ferrous Materials
- MAT.M406 ： Advanced Microstructure Design of Non-ferrous Materials
Prerequisites
None
Other
None