AM Material Science

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Department centre proposing the course

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L-T-P structure
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Prerequisite
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Not allowed for (indicate program names)
Frequency of offering
Faculty who will teach the course
Applied Mechanics
Introduction to Materials Science and
Engineering
3-0-2
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AML 120
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No overlap
Allowed for all
Every sem
Prof. Rajesh Prasad, Dr. Jayant Jain,
Dr. Anamika Prasad, Prof. Arvind
Agarwal, Dr. Sumantra Mandal
Will the course require any visiting faculty
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Course objective (50 words)
This is an introductory course to teach students basic concepts of structure, property,
processing, and performance of wide range of engineering materials. Topics will focus both
on the fundamental concepts which cut across engineering disciplines together with realworld applications and future trends in materials. Specifically, engineered alloys, ceramics,
polymers, composite materials and electronic and magnetic materials will be discussed. The
course will thus provide necessary tools in the understanding of materials science for
engineering students.
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Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/ design activities)

The course content covers the following broad topics:
1. Structure of Solids: atomic and inter-atomic bonding, crystal structure and imperfection
in solids.
2. Properties of Materials: Mechanical, chemical, electrical and magnetic properties of
metals, ceramics and polymers.
3. Processing of Materials: Thermodynamics basics, Phase diagrams and phase
transformation of metallic systems, fabrication and processing of metals, polymers and
ceramics.
4. Performance of Materials: Creep, fatigue, failure and corrosion of metals, ceramics
(including cement and concrete), polymers, and composites (including fiber reinforced
structure, sandwich panels, and wood).
5. Selection of Materials: selection of materials for various applications, materials
selection charts, CSE software, Example case studies such as materials for large
astronomical telescopes, springs, flywheels, safe pressure vessels and reactors.
6. Laboratory: The behavior of different types of materials (e.g. metals, ceramics,
composites, polymers) will be studied through carefully designed experiments. The
fundamentals of structure and properties of various materials will be communicated
through hands on experiments and model demonstration.
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Lecture outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Topic
Introductory lecture
Bonding between atoms: metallic bonding, ionic bonding, covalent bonding, van
der waals bond, thermal expansion, elastic modulus and melting point of
materials, case study design of telescope mirrors
Miller indices of directions and planes, packing of atoms inside solids, close
packed structures, structure of ceramics, ionic solids, glass and polymers, density
of various materials
Imperfections in solids: vacancies, equilibrium concentration of vacancies,
interstitial and substitutional impurities in solids, dislocations, types and
characteristics of dislocations, interfacial defects, stacking faults
Yield strength, tensile strength and ductility of materials: stress strain behaviour
of metals, ceramics and polymers, tensile test, plastic deformation, necking
Dislocations and yielding in crystals: theoretical strength of perfect crystal, role
of dislocations, slip, critical resolved shear criterion, slip systems, twinning
Diffusion in solids: vacancy diffusion, interstitial diffusion, Ficks law of
diffusion, diffusion coefficient
Phase transformations: thermodynamics of transformation, equilibrium, Gibbs
free energy, diffusional transformations in solids, nucleation and growth, TTT
diagrams, heat treatment: annealing, normalising, quenching
Phase diagrams: phases, microstructure, binary phase diagrams: isomorphous
system, eutectic system, microstructure development in isomorphous and
eutectic systems, lever rule, tie line, Fe-C system, examples of ceramic systems
Strengthening methods: grain size strengthening, solid solution strengthening,
precipitation hardening, dislocation hardening
Fracture of materials, mechanism of ductile tearing, brittle fracture, Griffiths
theory, concept of fracture toughness, ductile to brittle transition
Fatigue behaviour of materials: fatigue curve, fatigue mechanisms, fatigue crack
growth rate, examples of fatigue failure: fatigue failures in aircrafts, methods to
improve the fatigue life
Creep behaviour of materials: creep curve, dependence of creep rate on stress,
temperature, creep mechanism: dislocation creep, diffusion creep, grain
boundary sliding, methods of resisting creep, development of creep resistant
turbine blades for jet engines
Corrosion of materials: electrochemistry of corrosion, driving potential for
corrosion, pourbaix diagram, localised attack, galvanic corrosion, effects of
environment on corrosion, methods of corrosion prevention
Materials aspect of fabrication of integrated circuit, ferromagnetism and
paramagnetism, soft magnetic materials, hard magnetic materials
Metals: processing and properties of metals: steels, alloy steels, light alloys
Ceramics: Structure and properties of some important ceramics, cements and
concrete
Polymers: structure, processing and properties of polymers, thermoplastics and
thermosetting, glass transition temperature, stress strain behaviour of polymers
Composites: Properties of composite materials, fiber and particulate reinforced
composites, sandwich materials, structure and properties of wood
Novel materials such as carbon nanotubes, quasi crystals and nano crystalline
materials
Materials selection case studies: materials selection charts, CSE software,
lightest beam, ceramic tiles for space shuttle
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Brief description of tutorial activities
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Brief description of laboratory activities

Experiment description
Study the Bravais lattices and close packed crystal structures
Study the structure of dislocations and grain boundaries in crystalline solids
Experimental study of crystal structure through X-Ray diffraction
Microstructure in some metallic materials through optical microscope
Effect of alloying and temperature change on electrical resistivity of a metal
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Load-elongation behaviour of rubber and its negative thermal expansion

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coefficient
Tensile behaviour of metals
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Experimental study of deformation characteristics of selected polymers and
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composites
Fatigue and brittle fracture of metals, identification of surface and internal 3
flaws through non-destructive testing
Deformation characteristics of selected ceramics
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Experimental study of deformation and recrystallization behaviour of metals
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Suggested text and reference materials
Michael F Ashby David R H Jones Engineering Materials 1: An Introduction to
Properties, Applications and Design, Butterworth Heinemann
Michael F Ashby David R H Jones Engineering Materials 2: An Introduction to

Microstructure and Processing, Butterworth Heinemann
William D. Callister, David G. Rethwisch Materials Science and Engineering:

An Introduction, Wiley Publishers
V Raghavan Materials Science and Engineering: A First Course, Printice Hall

India
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Resources required for the course

Software
Teaching softwares such as Cambridge engineering
selector (CSE), Carine
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Hardware
Computers to run above softwares
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Teaching aides (videos, etc.)
Models for crystal structure, defects etc
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Equipment
Hardness tester, microscope, tensile tester, NDT
tester, furnaces, rolling mill, impact tester etc.
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Class room infrastructure
White board, projection system
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Site visits
Visits to nearby materials intensive industries like
Maruti can be planned
20. Design content of the course
Examples and case studies to be discussed in the course include design elements
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23/10/2013

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COURSE TEMPLATE

Department centre proposing the course

Course contents (about 100 words) (Include laboratory/ design activities)

Lecture outline (with topics and number of lectures)

Brief description of laboratory activities

Load-elongation behaviour of rubber and its negative thermal expansion

Michael F Ashby David R H Jones Engineering Materials 2: An Introduction to

William D. Callister, David G. Rethwisch Materials Science and Engineering:

V Raghavan Materials Science and Engineering: A First Course, Printice Hall

Resources required for the course

Signature of Head of Department

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