Surface Engineering detailed syllabus for Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the MSE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Materials Science & Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit MSE 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of surface engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SURFACES AND FRICTION 9
Basics of surfaces features – Roughness parameters – surface measurement – Cause of frictionLaws of friction – Static friction – Rolling Friction – Stick-slip Phenomenon – Friction properties of metal and nonmetals – Friction in extreme conditions – Thermal considerations in sliding contact.
Unit II
WEAR 9
Laws of Wear – Types of Wear mechanism – wear debris analysis – Theoretical wear models – Wear of metals and nonmetals – International standards in friction and wear measurements
Unit III
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Unit IV
SURFACE TREATMENTS 9
Surface properties – Hydrophobic – Super hydrophobic – Hydrophilic – surface metallurgy -Surface coating Techniques – PVD – CVD – Physical CVD – Ion implantation – Surface welding – Thermal spraying – Laser surface hardening and alloying – New trends in coating technology – DLC – CNC -Thick coatings – Nano-engineered coatings – Other coatings, Corrosion resistant coatings
Unit V
ENGINEERING MATERIALS 9
Introduction – High and low friction materials – Advanced alloys – Super alloys, Titanium alloys, Magnesium alloys, Aluminium alloys, and Nickel based alloys – Ceramics – Polymers – Biomaterials – Bio Tribology – Nano Tribology
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
- Describe the fundamentals of surface features and different types of friction associated with metals and non-metals
- Analyze the different types of wear mechanism and its standard measurement.
- Analyze the different types of corrosion and its preventive measures
- Analyze the different types of surface properties and surface modification techniques
- Analyze the various types of materials used in the friction and wear applications.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Fontana G., “Corrosion Engineering”, McGraw Hill, 1985.
- Halling, J. (Editor), “Principles of Tribology “, MacMillian, 1984.
- Rabinowicz.E., “Friction and Wear of materials”, John Willey &Sons,1995.
- Williams J.A., “Engineering Tribology”, Oxford University Press, 1994.
- Joseph R. Davis, Corrosion: Understanding the Basics, ASM International, 2000.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Materials Science & Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit MSE 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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