AML883: Properties and Selection of

Engineering Materials (3-0-0)

AML751 Materials for Marine Vehicles (3-0-0)
2015-16-I
IIT Delhi

Instructor Details
Ashish Garg
Professor
Department of Applied Mechanics

Office: III-235
Tel. 011-2659 1252
Email: ashishg@iitd.ac.in
Lectures: Mon, Thu: 9.30-10.50 AM
In-class discussions are encouraged

Grading Scheme
Minor I: 25%
Minor II: 25%
Major: 50%
Self study component (25%) will be evaluated in the exams.

Recommended Books:
1. Materials Selection in Mechanical Design by M. F. Ashby
2. Engineering Materials I and II by M. F. Ashby and
D. R. H. Jones
3. Materials Engineering, Science, Processing and Design by
M. F. Ashby, H. Shercliff and D. Cebon
Lecture contents will be shared.

Self Study
Structure of materials (crystal structure, miller
indices, basic symmetry opera6ons)
Phase equilibria and phase transforma6ons
Diusion
Plas6c deforma6on and strengthening
mechanisms
Failure of materials
Case studies on design and selec6on of materials
vis--vis specic applica6ons.

Books for Self Study

Materials Science and Engineering by V.
Raghavan
Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Phase Transforma6on in Metals and Alloys by

D.A. Porter and K.E. Easterling
Chapter 1 for knowledge of basic thermodynamics
and phase diagrams

Any other books with similar contents can be

referred to.