KARUNYAINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES

(Declared as Deemed to be University under Sec. 3 of the UGC Act 1956)

Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore – 641 114

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

DETAILED TEACHING PLAN

Subject Name : Materials Science and Engg. Subject Code: 17ME2002 Credit: 3:0:0
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Faculty Details Dr. S. J. Vijay vijayjoseph@karunya.edu 9944516658
Class II year B. Tech Semester From: Jul. 2018 To: Oct. 2018
Class Timings Tue. – 2.55 pm; Wed. - 9.10 am; Class Location MELH202
Fri. - 9.10 am

Course Objective
1. To impart knowledge of the properties and applications of various engineering materials
2. To expose testing methods and procedures to find the mechanical properties of engineering materials
3. To acquire knowledge on construction of phase diagrams and also the importance of iron-iron carbide phase diagram
and different heat treatment
Course Outcome
Ability to
1. Identify crystal structures of common engineering materials. Understand the principle of various microscopes
2. Identify the various behavior of materials and defects
3. Analyze failures and predict service behavior of materials for various applications Interpret and determine the right
compositions of metals
4. Select the heat treatment process based on the metals
Course Content
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: Classifications of materials- metals, Ceramics, Composites, Polymer – properties of engineering
materials – Structure of solid metals –BCC, FCC and HCP structures, atomic packing factor, polymorphism- Miller indices.
Metallographic analysis- Optical microscope, SEM, TEM.
MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR: Defects in crystals -point defects line defect edge and screw dislocations – propagation of
dislocation - Frank Read source – surface imperfections - diffusion - mechanisms of diffusion - Fick’s Laws of diffusion – plastic
, deformation- slip and twinning – recovery re-crystallization and grain growth.- strengthening mechanisms strain hardening
precipitation hardening.
FAILURE OF MATERIALS: Fracture – ductile and brittle fracture - Griffith’s theory of crack propagation protection against
fracture-Creep- mechanisms of creep – creep resistant materials. Fatigue failure, SN curve- prevention of fatigue, failure.
PHASE DIAGRAMS: Solid solution, Phases- phase diagrams- Gibbs phase rule- cooling curves, types of Equilibrium diagrams,
lever rule –Iron –Iron Carbide equilibrium diagram
HEAT TREATMENT OF STEEL & NON FERROUS ALLOYS: Annealing normalizing - spheroidising- hardening, tempering
– Hardenability, Case hardening of steels- carburizing- nitriding, induction hardening- flame hardening, Age hardening of
Aluminium alloys
Text Books:
1. V. Raghavan., “Material Science and Engineering”, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2009.
2. Williams D. Callister “Material Science and Engineering” John Wiley and sons inc. 2014.
Reference Books
1. Reza Abbaschian, Lara Abbaschian, Robert E. Reed-Hill, “Physical Metallurgy Principles”, Cengage Learning, 2013.
2. Raymond A Higgins “Engineering Materials (Applied Physical Metallurgy) English Language book, society, 2003.
3. Khanna O.P., “A text book of Materials Science and Metallurgy” DhanpatRai and Sons Delhi, 2014.
4. Sydney H. Avner, “Introduction to Physical Metallurgy”, 2nd edition McGraw Hill Book Company, 2008.
5. Kenneth G. Budinski and Michael K. Budinski, “Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection”, Pearson Education India,
2016

Signature of the faculty Signature of the HOD

 MICRO LESSON PLAN
17ME2002 – MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (Credits 3:0:0)
Unit Lecture Book & Date
Topic
No. No. Page Nos. Taught
1 Introduction
2 Classifications of materials
3 Properties of engineering materials
4-5 Structure of solid materials: BCC
1 6 FCC structure , HCP structures, atomic packing factor
7 Polymorphism
8 Miller indices
9 Metallographic analysis- specimen preparation
10 Optical Microscope, SEM, TEM
11 Defects in crystals -point defects
12 Line defect edge and screw dislocations
13 Propagation of dislocation - frank read source
14 Surface imperfections
15 Diffusion - mechanisms of diffusion
2
16 Fick’s laws of diffusion
17 Plastic deformation- slip and twinning
18 Recovery, re-crystallization and grain growth
19 Strengthening mechanisms, strain hardening
20 Precipitation hardening
21 Fracture – ductile
22 Brittle fracture
23 Griffith’s theory of crack propagation
24 Protection against fracture
3
25 Creep- mechanisms of creep – creep resistant materials
26 Equi cohesive temperature
27 fatigue failure SN curve
28 Prevention of fatigue failure
29 Solid solution
30 Hume Rothery rule, Phase diagrams
31 Gibbs phase rule
32 Cooling curves, Types of equilibrium diagrams
33 Lever rule
4 34 - 37 Iron carbide equilibrium diagram
38 TTT diagram
39 Effect of cooling rates and alloying elements
40 Annealing , spheroidising
41 Normalizing
42 Hardening, tempering
43 Iso thermal annealing
44 Austempering
45 Martempering
5
46 Hardenability
47 Jomny’s test for hardenability
48 Case hardening- carburizing
49 Nitriding, Carbonitriding
50 Induction hardening, flame hardening
51 Age Hardening of Aluminum Alloys