Properties of materials: strength, hardness, fatigue, and creep – Ferrous alloys: stainless steels, maraging steel, aging treatments – Aluminum alloys: alloy designation and tempers, Al-Cu alloys, principles of age hardening, hardening mechanisms, Al-Li alloys, Al-Mg alloys, nanocrystalline alu- minum alloys – Titanium alloys: α-β alloys, superplasticity, structural titanium alloys, intermetallics– Magnesium alloys: Mg-Al and Mg-Al-Zn alloys – Superalloys: processing and properties of super- alloys, single-crystal superalloys, environmental degradation and protective coatings – Composites: metal matrix composites, polymer based composites, ceramic based composites, carbon carbon composites.

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