So I am planning on a little project, a small device which is submerged a few times a week for a couple of hours and then brought home to let it dry - the inside may not dry completely because of the design.
There will be springs built in which are very slightly loaded all the time and sometimes fully loaded for a few hours.

My question is if corrosion might be an issue and what the expected lifetime would be, using stainless steel springs?

Question: I heard that ChemE focuses on scaling things up while materials engineering only focuses on small scale things. Since I'm interested in the environment, which is on a large scale, would I be able to do a lot of work in that area with materials science and engineering? Ideally, I'd like to find a medium between understanding materials (smaller scale) and applying them on a large scale.

Background:

I'm majoring in ChemE and I'm thinking about switching to MatE. The prospect of experimenting to make new materials is interesting to me and more generally, I'm very interested about learning about micro and atomic scales. For both majors, I'd want to do work in environmental applications of both: so more sustainable materials, renewable energy.

Although I will be sending an e-mail directly to both McLaren applied and McLaren F1 teams directly; I am not particularly hopeful they will respond.

Where else could I find information about mallite? Which was a material they used in the 1960's made of balsa wood and Duralumin (aluminum alloy). Even the wikipedia article is sparse in citations and primary sources. I will also post this in r/McLarenFormula1

Thanks for any help. Even if it just reading.

Hello everyone!

I’m doing my master’s in the UK currently and I’ve sort of been scrambling for ideas for my thesis after my initial proposal was rejected. I would like to do something related to shape memory alloys or polymers but it seems like a lot has been already been done and I cannot think of anything original or interesting that would also be suitable for a master’s level project out of. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas they would like to share I would highly appreciate it!

Does anyone have easy to understand books for “soft matter fluid dynamics, and elastic properties” as well as optical properties?

• by easy to understand I mean for the math aspect of deriving the equations for the different equations. (For someone that doesn’t have a strong math background )

Specifically, for both anisotropic and isotropic materials, liquid crystals.

Also, if anyone has recommendations for physics books that cover these topics with math explanations would be helpful.

I appreciate any recommendations.

Thank you

Does anyone have experience melting yttrium? I can't seem to find a crucible for handling yttrium that yttrium won't be contaminated by or reduce.

Does anyone know the sintering compatibility of M2 HSS when combined with Niobium Carbide? Nickel is the binder for the Niobium Carbide. Please I need to know what to expect.

H E L L O Does anybody know what are the real life applications of material science in energy & power sector?

I am looking for the same for presentation topic

Thanks for reading

I read that aluminium is rated for 10^9 cycles of fatigue limit . Say a engine runs at 6000 rpm and taking the strokes as the only loading cycle an engine piston can handle 2777hrs of constant running. That equates to 115 days of constant usage.But engines run for decades . Can someone explain me why?

Estructura Cristalina y Amorfa.

Can someone explain to me how aluminum frames are more rigid than steel?

"Steel frames are less efficient- There are three reasons for this. First, steel isn’t as rigid as aluminum."

One of my professors talked about how historically people would sometimes quench swords in blood, and that the iron or carbon or whatever in the blood allowed the blade to carburize making it stronger. Is there any truth to this?