Identifying Data 2013/14
Subject (*) Propiedades termomecánicas de materiais. Métodos Avanzados Code 730495004
Study programme
Mestrado Universitario en Materiais Complexos: Análise Térmica e Reoloxía (plan 2012)
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 2nd four-month period
 First Obligatoria 3
Language
English
Prerequisites
Department Enxeñaría Industrial 2
Coordinador
Artiaga Diaz, Ramon Pedro
 E-mail
ramon.artiaga@udc.es
Lecturers
Artiaga Diaz, Ramon Pedro
López Beceiro, Jorge José
 E-mail
ramon.artiaga@udc.es
jorge.lopez.beceiro@udc.es
Web
General description

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A1 Configurar e realizar ensaios mediante as técnicas de análise térmica e reoloxía máis adecuadas en cada caso, dentro do ambito dos materiais complexos
A2 Identificar e valorar os distintos tipos de materiais complexos
B1 Posuír e comprender coñecementos que acheguen unha base ou oportunidade de ser orixinais no desenvolvemento e/ou aplicación de ideas, a miúdo nun contexto de investigación
B2 Que os estudantes saiban aplicar os coñecementos adquiridos e a súa capacidade de resolución de problemas en ámbitos novos ou pouco coñecidos dentro de contextos máis amplos (ou multidisciplinares) relacionados coa súa área de estudo
B4 Que os estudantes saiban comunicar as súas conclusións e os coñecementos e razóns últimas que as sustentan a públicos especializados e non especializados dun modo claro e sen ambigüidades
B5 Que os estudantes posúan as habilidades de aprendizaxe que lles permitan continuar estudando dun modo que haberá de ser en boa medida autodirixido ou autónoma.
B6 Aprender a aprender
B8 Aplicar un pensamento crítico, lóxico e creativo
B13 Actitude orientada á análise
B15 Capacidade de comunicación oral e escrita
B21 Valorar a importancia que ten a investigación, a innovación e o desenvolvemento tecnolóxico no avance socioeconómico e cultural da sociedade
C1 Expresarse correctamente, tanto de forma oral coma escrita, nas linguas oficiais da comunidade autónoma.
C2 Dominar a expresión e a comprensión de forma oral e escrita dun idioma estranxeiro.
C3 Utilizar as ferramentas básicas das tecnoloxías da información e as comunicacións (TIC) necesarias para o exercicio da súa profesión e para a aprendizaxe ao longo da súa vida.
C6 Valorar criticamente o coñecemento, a tecnoloxía e a información dispoñible para resolver os problemas cos que deben enfrontarse.
C7 Asumir como profesional e cidadán a importancia da aprendizaxe ao longo da vida.
C8 Valorar a importancia que ten a investigación, a innovación e o desenvolvemento tecnolóxico no avance socioeconómico e cultural da sociedade.
C9 Valorar a importancia que ten a investigación na protección do medio ambiente

Learning aims
Subject competencies (Learning outcomes) Study programme competences
Correctly set up the tests AR1
 BR1
BR2
BR4
BR8
BR13
BR15
BR21
 CR1
CR2
CR3
CR6
CR7
CR8
To know the different possibilities of separating overlapping process AR1
AR2
 BR2
BR4
BR5
BR6
BR8
BR13
BR15
 CR1
CR2
CR3
CR6
CR7
CR8
CR9

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
The glass transition and the enthalpic relaxation The glass transition.
Erasing thermal history.
Effect of annealing below the Tg.
Problem of overlapping glass transition and enthalpic relaxation.
Diagrams TTT Measuring the gelation
Measuring the vitrification
Construction and meaning of the TTT diagrams.
Separating overlapped processes by thermal-modulated methods Reversibility as function of observation time
Study of the glass transition by dynamic techniques
Separation of overlapping processes

Planning
Methodologies / tests Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Guest lecture / keynote speech 10 10 20
Laboratory practice 15 9 24
Supervised projects 2.5 22.5 25
Objective test 1 0 1
 
Personalized attention 5 0 5
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Guest lecture / keynote speech Presentation given by the professor, on a schematic basis, focusing on the main topics, covering both theoretical and practical issues.
Laboratory practice Performance of practical activities such as demonstrations, exercises, experiments, etc..
Supervised projects Activities whose purpose is that the students enlarge the study of the topics pesented in the program and consolidate their acquired knowledge and capabilities. These activities should also help the students learn and improve their capabilities in literature survey.
Objective test Exam that will help to evaluate the knowledge and competencies acquired by the students.

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Supervised projects
Guest lecture / keynote speech
Laboratory practice
Objective test
Description
The personalized attention to students, understood as a support in the teaching-learning process, will take place in the hours of tutoring of the teacher.

Assessment
Methodologies Description Qualification
Supervised projects Presentation (oral and written) of the supervised work. 60
Guest lecture / keynote speech Continuous assessment through monitoring of student work in the classroom, laboratory and / or tutorials. 10
Laboratory practice Continuous assessment through monitoring of student work in the classroom, laboratory and / or tutorials. 10
Objective test Examination or objective test. 20
 
Assessment comments

Sources of information
Basic

http://kmelot.biblioteca.udc.es/search/r
Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
Propiedades termomecánicas de materiais. Métodos Fundamentais/730495003

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.