Thursday, 10 July 2014

Syllabus


Nirma University
Institute of Technology
Mechanical Engineering Department
 B. Tech. Sem. III 

SYLLABUS

Course code & name: 2ME203 MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY

Sr. No
Topic / Subtopic
1.
Crystal Structure:
-         Space lattice, Unit cell, Crystal systems, Simple Cubic, Body Centered Cubic, Face Centered Cubic, Hexagonal Closed Pack structures.
-         Atomic packing factor, Co-ordination number, Crystallographic planes and directions (Miller Indices).

2.
Phase Diagram and Theory of Alloys:
-         Phase rule, Cooling curves, Lever rule, important binary phase diagrams, isomorphous system, eutectic system, peritectic system,
-         Construction, significance and applications of phase diagrams.
-         Iron-iron carbide (Fe-Fe3C) equilibrium diagram.
-         Solid solution and its classification, Hume-Rothery’s rule.

3.
Steel:
-         Classification of steel.
-         Effect of alloying elements on the properties of steels.
-         Carbon Steels and alloy steels, Stainless steel, tool and die steels, high temperature alloys etc.
-         Selection of steels for various machine components and mechanical elements.
-         Exposure to national & various international standards such as ASTM, AISI, SAE, IS, DIN, JIS etc.

4.
Cast Iron:
-         Classification of cast iron.
-         Properties and uses of grey, white, malleable, and spheroidal graphite cast irons.
-         Heat treatment of cast irons, seasoning of cast iron.
-         Use of specific grades of cast iron in mechanical field. 

5.
Nonferrous Metals and Alloys:
-         Composition, properties & uses of important Aluminum alloys & Copper alloys.
-         Heat treatment of the above alloys.

6.
Powder Metallurgy:
-         Introduction, Advantages, limitations & application of powder metallurgy.
-         Steps in manufacturing of powder metallurgy components viz., preparation of metal powders, compaction, sintering etc.
-         Typical products of powder metallurgy: Filters, Babbitt bearings for automobiles, cermets, cemented carbides tools, diamond impregnated tools etc.

7.
Heat Treatment of Steels:
-     Purpose of heat treatment
-         Study of heat treatment processes such as annealing, normalizing, hardening, tempering, TTT diagram, carburizing, nitriding, cyaniding, martempering, austempering, induction hardening and flame hardening.
-         Cryogenic treatment of materials.
-         Hardenability and its determination.
-         Applications of above processes to machine components & mechanical elements such as gears, shafts, crankshafts, turbine blade, bearings, pistons etc. 

8.
Nondestructive Testing of Materials:
-         Advantages and limitations of NDTs, Types of NDTs,
-         Principle, procedure, advantages, limitations, and applications of the following non-destructive testing (NDT) methods:
      X-rays and Gamma-rays radiography, Magnetic particles
      inspection, Ultrasonic testing, Dye penetrant inspection and      
      Eddy current testing.

9.
Composite Materials:
-         Introduction, Classification of composites,
-         Properties and applications of composites.

10.
Ceramic Materials:
-         Mechanical properties of ceramics, types and applications of ceramics
-         Glass and glass-ceramics,
-         Refractories and their classification.

11.
Advanced Materials:
-         Introduction
-          Nano materials, smart materials, materials for space applications


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