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The Automotive industry is an important market for steel products. In this module you will examine one specific automotive application through an interactive materials selection exercise.

In the simulation, you will play the role of a material scientist responsible for selecting the materials and fabrication technologies for the door outer panel for a typical family car. The overall scenario will be the target of weight reduction (hence improved fuel economy/reduced emissions), cost, stiffness, safety, durability, recycleability and performance.

The Construction industry is the largest market for steel products. In this module you will explore the diversity and versatility of steel in its wide variety of types, shapes, properties and applications in buildings and other major structures and study why steel is valued as a prime candidate for use in sustainable construction.

The module will be of interest to materials scientists, metallurgists, civil and structural engineers, architects, designers and fabricators as well as to the owners and occupiers of buildings.

Applications of Engineering Steels are found in automotive, aerospace, railway, oil and gas extraction, mining, power generation, defence, agriculture, chemical, construction and general engineering and manufacturing sectors. Engineering steels are designed for mechanical and allied engineering applications and require critical and often stringent mechanical properties. In some cases, they may also require resistance to high or low temperatures, corrosive and other aggressive environments.

Engineering steels come in many types and shapes, each carefully tailored to meet specific user requirements, in terms of properties and performance and/or to facilitate the manufacturing and fabrication techniques. In this module you will explore the different types of engineering steels, what they are used for and how they are processed, enabling you to select appropriate engineering steels for a variety of different market applications.

Offshore platforms are huge steel and concrete structures that are used for the exploration and extraction of oil and gas from the earth’s crust below the sea and lakes. Many types of steel are used in their construction and in the associated pipelines. These include high strength steel plates for the decking. The fabrication process for the platform involves extensive welding.

This module explores the use of steel in offshore applications and contains a ‘design and make a steel’ exercise, which focuses on a high strength steel used for platform decking.

Steel packaging protects contents from water, oxygen and light. It offers maximum convenience, and is 100 per cent recyclable. Steel is an excellent packaging material due to its strength, formability and durability. It enables high-speed filling operations, resulting in excellent cost efficiencies. Through innovation, the weight of steel packaging has been reduced, and today’s solutions include easy-open ends on a multitude of packaging shapes and sizes.

Packaging steels are made from low carbon cold-rolled steel strip with gauges (thicknesses) ranging from 0.13 to 0.50 mm. They can be produced with different surface finishes and are available with a variety of metallic and organic coatings.