ME3392 Engineering Materials and Metallurgy Syllabus:

ME3392 Engineering Materials and Metallurgy Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1 To learn the constructing the phase diagram and using of iron-iron carbide phase diagram for microstructure formation.
2 To learn selecting and applying various heat treatment processes and its microstructure formation.
3 To illustrate the different types of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys and their uses in engineering field.
4 To illustrate the different polymer, ceramics and composites and their uses in engineering field.
5 To learn the various testing procedures and failure mechanism in engineering field.

UNIT I CONSTITUTION OF ALLOYS AND PHASE DIAGRAMS

Constitution of alloys – Solid solutions, substitutional and interstitial – phase diagrams, Isomorphous, eutectic, eutectoid, peritectic, and peritectoid reactions, Iron – Iron carbide equilibrium diagram. Classification of steel and cast-Iron microstructure, properties and application.

UNIT II HEAT TREATMENT

Definition – Full annealing, stress relief, recrystallisation and spheroidising –normalizing, hardening and tempering of steel. Isothermal transformation diagrams – cooling curves superimposed on I.T. diagram – continuous cooling Transformation (CCT) diagram – Austempering, Martempering – Hardenability, Jominy end quench test -case hardening, carburizing, Nitriding, cyaniding, carbonitriding – Flame and Induction hardening – Vacuum and Plasma hardening – Thermo-mechanical treatments- elementary ideas on sintering.

UNIT III FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS METALS

Effect of alloying additions on steel (Mn, Si, Cr, Mo, Ni, V,Ti& W) – stainless and tool steels – HSLA – Maraging steels – Grey, white, malleable, spheroidal – alloy cast irons, Copper and its alloys – Brass, Bronze and Cupronickel – Aluminium and its alloys; Al-Cu – precipitation strengthening treatment – Titanium alloys, Mg-alloys, Ni-based super alloys – shape memory alloys- Properties and Applications overview of materials standards

UNIT IV NON-METALLIC MATERIALS

Polymers – types of polymers, commodity and engineering polymers – Properties and applications of PE, PP, PS, PVC, PMMA, PET, PC, PA, ABS, PAI, PPO, PPS, PEEK, PTFE, Thermoset polymers – Urea and Phenol formaldehydes –Nylon, Engineering Ceramics – Properties and applications of Al2O3, SiC, Si3N4, PSZ and SIALON – intermetallics- Composites- Matrix and reinforcement Materials applications of Composites – Nano composites.

UNIT V MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND DEFORMATION MECHANISMS

Mechanisms of plastic deformation, slip and twinning – Types of fracture – fracture mechanics- Griffith’s theory- Testing of materials under tension, compression and shear loads – Hardness tests (Brinell, Vickers and Rockwell), Micro and nano-hardness tests, Impact test lzod and charpy, fatigue and creep failure mechanisms.

OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course the students would be able to
1. Explain alloys and phase diagram, Iron-Iron carbon diagram and steel classification.
2. Explain isothermal transformation, continuous cooling diagrams and different heat treatment processes.
3. Clarify the effect of alloying elements on ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
4. Summarize the properties and applications of non-metallic materials.
5. Explain the testing of mechanical properties.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Kenneth G.Budinski and Michael K. Budinski, “Engineering Materials”, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, 9th edition ,2018.
2. Sydney H.Avner, “Introduction to Physical Metallurgy”, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1994

REFERENCES:

1. A. Alavudeen, N. Venkateshwaran, and J. T.WinowlinJappes, A Textbook of Engineering Materials and Metallurgy, Laxmi Publications, 2006.
2. Amandeep Singh Wadhwa, andHarvinder Singh Dhaliwal, A Textbook of Engineering Material and Metallurgy, University Sciences Press, 2008.
3. G.S. Upadhyay and Anish Upadhyay, “Materials Science and Engineering”, Viva Books Pvt.Ltd, New Delhi, 2020.
4. Raghavan.V, “Materials Science and Engineering”, Prentice Hall of India Pvt.Ltd. 6th edition, 2019.
5. Williams D Callister, “Material Science and Engineering” Wiley India Pvt Ltd, 2nd edition Re print 2019.