Influence of processing properties

The development of materials involves numerous coupled phenomena, some of which are linked to the nature of the materials and their intrinsic properties, while others are linked to the processes used during material and/or energy transformation operations. Morphogenesis is therefore the result of interdependent, coupled mechanisms, whose relative kinetics will lead to one structure or another. Mastering and controlling these coupled mechanisms requires a good understanding of the transformation dynamics of the materials themselves, as well as a precise description of the transfer and transport phenomena involved in the process. Integration into the reactive environment will be addressed at the end of the course unit.

Hourly volumes:

            CM: 11

            TD: 9

This EU aims to provide tools for understanding the interactions involved in material development, using polymer materials as an example.

Students must therefore be able to

• Describe the phase separation phenomena involved in many processing operations,
• Describe the diffusion phenomena involved in transport operations.
• Calculate extensivity flows (material/heat) at material interfaces using classic dimensionless numbers from process engineering.
• Sizing mixing reactors, the center of transformation operations,
• Be able to perform the scaling operation using process engineering tools.

• Knowledge of material/heat transport phenomena through diffusion
• Knowledge of dimensionless numbers and dimensional analysis

• Knowledge of the fundamentals of fluid mechanics
• Concepts related to polymers and inorganic materials

• Final exam

• Reminder of thermodynamic principles (free enthalpy of mixing)
• Phase separation, crystallization, gelation, and solidification phenomena in polymer materials
• Formalization of transfer phenomena associated with the morphogenesis of materials
• Use of dimensionless numbers in process engineering for calculating extensivity flows
• Scaling operation
• Responsive environment and sizing

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