Material Science and Metallurgy Syllabus for VTU BE/B.Tech Marine Engineering third sem complete syllabus covered here. This will help you understand complete curriculum along with details such as exam marks and duration. The details are as follows.
| Subject Code | 15 MR32 | IA Marks | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Lecture Hours/Week | 4 | Exam Marks | 80 |
| Total Number of Lecture Hours | 50 | Exam Hours | 3 |
CREDITS – 04
COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course provides
- The foundation for understanding the structure and various modes of failure in materials common in mechanical engineering.
- Topics are designed to explore the mechanical properties of metals and their alloys and composites.
- The means of modifying such properties, as well as the processing and failure of materials.
- Concepts of use of materials for various applications are highlighted.
COURSE OUTCOMES: The student shall be able to
- Describe the mechanical properties of metals, their alloys and various modes of failure.
- Understand the microstructures of ferrous and non-ferrous materials to mechanical properties.
- Explain the processes of heat treatment of various alloys.
- Understand the properties and potentialities of various materials available and material selection procedures.
- Know about composite materials and their processing as well as applications.
MODULE 1
Basics, Mechanical Behavior, Failure of Materials
Introduction to Crystal Structure – Coordination number, atomic packing factor, Simple Cubic, BCC, FCC and HCP Structures, Crystal imperfections – point, line, surface and volume imperfections, Atomic Diffusion: Phenomenon, Fick’s laws of diffusion;Factors affecting diffusion.
Mechanical Behavior: Stress-strain diagram for ductile and brittle materials, mechanical properties in plastic range, yield strength offset yield strength, ductility, ultimate tensile strength, toughness. toughness [10 Hours]
MODULE 2
MODULE 3
Solidification
Mechanism of solidification, Homogenous and Heterogeneous nucleation, crystal growth, cast metal structures. Phase
Diagram I: Solid solutions Hume Rothary rule substitutional, and interstitial solid solutions, intermediate phases, Gibbs
phase rule.
Phase Diagram II : Construction of equilibrium diagrams involving complete and partial solubility, lever rule. Different types invariant reactions – Eutectic, Eutectoid, Peritectic, Peritectectoid reactions etc. [10 Hours]
MODULE 4
Iron carbon equilibrium diagram
Description of phases, solidification of steels and cast irons, invariant reactions.
Heat treating of metals : TTT curves, continuous cooling curves, description of the following heat treatmen processes with industrial applications: annealing and its types. normalizing, hardening, tempering, martempering, austempering, hardenability, surface hardening methods like carburizing, cyaniding, nitriding, flame hardening and induction hardening, age hardening of aluminumcopper alloys. [10 Hours]
MODULE 5
Ferrous and non ferrous materials
Properties, Composition and uses of Grey cast iron, malleable iron, SG iron and steel Copper alloys-brasses and bronzes.
Aluminum alloys-Al-Cu, Al-Si, Al-Zn alloys. Titanium alloys
Composite Materials : Definition, classification, types of matrix materials & reinforcements, fundamentals of production of FRP’s and MMC’s advantages and application of composites. [10 Hours]
TEXT BOOKS:
- Smith, Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2009.
- William D. Callister, Material science and Engineering and Introduction, Wiley, 2006.
REFERENCE BOOKS
- V.Raghavan, Materials Science and Engineering, , PHI, 2002
- Donald R. Askland and Pradeep.P. Phule, The Science and Engineering of Materials, Cengage Learning, 4lh Ed., 2003.
- George Ellwood Dieter, Mechanical Metallurgy, McGraw-Hill.
- ASM Handbooks, American Society of Metals.
Scheme of Examination:
Two question to be set from each module. Students have to answer five full questions, choosing at least one full question
from each module.
For all other BE/B.Tech 3rd Sem Subject syllabus do follow VTU 3rd Sem BE / B.Tech Syllabus CBCS (2015-16) Scheme for Marine Engineering Group.
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