Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, UP (AKTU), Mechanical Engineering Semester 3, Materials Engineering Syllabus

KME303 Materials Engineering

UNIT-I
Crystal Structure: Unit cells, Metallic crystal structures, Ceramics. Imperfection in solids:Point, line, interfacial and volume defects; dislocation strengthening mechanisms and slip systems, critically resolved shear stress. Mechanical Property measurement: Tensile, compression and torsion tests; Young’smodulus, relations
between true and engineering stress-strain curves, generalized Hooke’slaw, yielding and yield strength, ductility, resilience, toughness and elastic recovery; Hardness: Rockwell, Brinell and Vickers and their relation to strength.

UNIT-II
Static failure theories: Ductile and brittle failure mechanisms, Tresca, Von-mises, Maximum normal stress, Mohr-Coulomb and Modified Mohr-Coulomb; Fracture mechanics: Introduction to Stress- intensity factor approach and Griffith criterion. Fatigue failure: High cycle fatigue, Stress-life approach, SN curve, endurance and fatigue limits, effects of mean stress using the Modified Goodman diagram; Fracture with fatigue, Introduction to non-destructive testing (NDT).

UNIT-III
Alloys, substitutional and interstitial solid solutions- Phase diagrams: Interpretation of binary phase diagrams and microstructure development; eutectic, peritectic, peritectoid and monotectic reactions. Iron Iron-carbide phase diagram and microstructural aspects ofledeburite, austenite, ferrite and cementite, cast iron.

UNIT-IV
Heat treatment of Steel: Annealing, tempering, normalising and spheroidising, isothermal transformation diagrams for Fe-C alloys and microstructure development. Continuous cooling curves and interpretation of final microstructures and properties- austempering, martempering, case hardening, carburizing, nitriding, cyaniding, carbo-nitriding, flame and induction hardening, vacuum and plasma hardening.

UNIT-V
Alloying of steel, properties of stainless steel and tool steels, maraging steels- cast irons; grey, white, malleable and spheroidal cast irons- copper and copper alloys; brass, bronze and cupro-nickel; Aluminium and Al-Cu – Mg alloys- Nickel based super alloys and Titanium alloys.

Books and References:
1. W. D. Callister, 2006, “Materials Science and Engineering-An Introduction”, 6th Edition, Wiley India.
2. Kenneth G. Budinski and Michael K. Budinski, “Engineering Materials”, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, 4th Indian Reprint, 2002.
3. V. Raghavan, “Material Science and Engineering’, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, 1999.
4. Mechanics of materials by James M.Gere.
5. Introduction to engineering materials by B.K. Agarwal.
6. Physical metallurgy and advanced materials by R.E. Smallman.
7. Engineering mechanics of composite materials by Isaac M. Daniel.
8. U. C. Jindal, “Engineering Materials and Metallurgy”, Pearson, 2011.