PROJECT REPORT

on
INVESTIGATION OF MICRO-STRUCTUE AND
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CPPER ALLOYS
FOR AEROSPACE ALLOYS

Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of
VIVEK KUMAR SINGH RA1511002010811
ARVIND RA1511002010844
AMIT KUMAR RA1511002010846
A

Under the guidance of

Dr.shrihari dodla
(Assistant Professor- O.G.)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
SRM UNIVERSITY
(Under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur- 603203

Kancheepuram District

MAY 2019
PROJECT REPORT
on
 INVESTIGATION OF MICRO-STRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL
PROPERTIES OF COPPER ALLOYS FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATION
Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
in
MEHANICAL ENGINEERING
by
VIVEK KUMAR SINGH RA 1511002010811
ARVIND RA1511002010844
AMIT KUMAR RA1511002010846

Under the guidance of

Dr. srihari dodla
(Assistant Professor- O.G.)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
SRM UNIVERSITY
(Under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur- 603203

Kancheepuram District

MAY 2019
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report titled “INVESTIGATION

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 OF MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL

PROPERTIES OF CHROMIUM COPPER FOR AEROSPACE

APPLICATION” is the bonafide work of VIVEK KUMAR SINGH

(RA1511002010811), ARVIND (RA1511002010844) , AMIT KUMAR

(RA151002010846) who carried out the project under my

supervision.Certified further, that to the best of my knowledge the work

reported herein does not form part of any other project report or dissertation

on the basis of which a degree or award was conferred on an earlier

occasion or any other candidate.

Signature of the Guide Signature of the HOD

Dr.Sharihari dodla
Assistant Professor (O.G) Professor & Head
Department of ,MECH. Engineering Department of MECH. Engineering
SRM University SRM University
Kattankulathur- 603203 Kattankulathur- 603203

EXAMINER - I EXAMINER - II
IUYIUHYT

DATE:
ABSTRACT

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In recent decades, the significant demand for copper in industrial application is
increasing. This requires the improvement of their mechanical properties by the addition
of suitable alloying elements .The objective of this project is to study the effect of
chromium copper in longitudinal and transverse direction their compression strength ,
microstructure and XRD. The mechanical properties of these two have been
characterized in terms of compression strength . The mechanical properties and
microstructure of Cu were observed . This shows that compression strength is more in
case of transverse direction .The microstructure of the fracture surface after compression
was examined using an inverted microscope . The experimental result shows more
ductility in both case.
KEYWORDS: Copper alloy ; mechanical properties; microstructure

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We thank Mr. S.DINESH, Assistant professor O.G. Department

of Mechanical Department for giving valuable advices and
suggestionWe are also thankful to the Faculty of the Mechanical
Engineering Department, SRMIST , Kattankulathur , for their support
and encouragement .

We take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude towards

Mr. C.BALASUTHAGAR , Assistant professor O.G. Department of

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Mechanical Engineering for his invaluable and timely support ,
guidance and constructive criticisms .

We also thank Dr.S.Prabhu, Head of Department of Mechanical

engineering department for his kind hospitality towards us.

We are also grateful to Mr. SELWYN JEBADURAI, Lab

Incharge , Mr.J.Joseph Muthu Sekar, Mr.C.Manavalan of Metallurgy
Laboratory for their support given to us.

We are also thankful to Mr . Arogya Augustin, Lab Incharge of

Strength of Materials Laboratory for his kind hospitality during the
period of project work

We would like to place on record, our grateful thanks to Dr.T.P.GANESAN,

ProVice Chancellor (P&D) for providing all facilities and help in carrying out this
project. We thank Dr.C.MUTHAMIZHCHELVAN, Director (Engg&Tech) for the
stimulus provided.
We are extremely grateful Dr. K.S. SATYANARAYANAN, Professor and
Head, Department of Civil Engineering for the encouragement and support provided
during the project work. .
We express our sincere thanks to the coordinators Dr. K.GUNASEKARANand
Dr. S. SENTHIL SELVAN, Professor for their valuable suggestions for improvement
during project reviews.

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 We hereby acknowledge with deep gratitude for the valuable guidance,
encouragement and suggestions given by our guide Mr. R. VINOTHKUMAR
Assistant Professorwho has been a source of inspiration throughout this project.
Also, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all the faculty members and
non-teaching staff members in the Department of Civil Engineering for their help
rendered during the course of the project work.
We also thank the staff of SRM DTP section for their efforts in composing the
project report.We record our sincere thanks to our parents for the support and
motivation.
Last, but not the least, we thankall our friends, who freely helped us in many
ways towards the successful completion of this project work.
Finally I offer my salutation to the almighty for providing the wisdom to
complete this thesis.
KUNTUMADUGU NITHIN
VINEET KAPOOR
HARDIK JAIN
SAGI RAKESH VARMA
TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE

LIST OF TABLES ix
LIST OF FIGURES x
ABBREVATIONS xi
1 OVERVIEW 1
1.1 OBJECTIVE 1
1.2 NECESSITY 1

1.3 METHODOLOGY 2

3 OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE 10

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 3.1 OBJECTIVE 10
3.2 SCOPE 10
3.3 METHODOLOGY 10
4 PLANNING FOR INVESTIGATION OF MICROSTURE AND
MECHANICAL TESTING OF CHROMIUM COPPER FOR AEROSPACE
ALLOYS
4.1 PLANNING11
CHAPTER TITLE PAGE
4.1.1 SELECTION OF MATERIAL DIRECTION
12
4.1.2 METAL SUBMISSION 12
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4.1.3 METAL COLLECTION 13
4.2 SPECIMEN PREPARATION
14
4.2.1 MOUNTNG 14
4.2.2 POLICING 14
4.2.3 GRINDING 15
4.2.4 ETCHING 15
4.2.5 MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS 16
COMPRESSION TEST 17

4.4. XRD TESTING

5 CONCLUSION 44

REFERNCE 45

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 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE TITLE PAGE

1.1 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

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1.2 GRAIN BOUNDRIES TABLE FOR LONGITUIDINAL

4.1 GRAIN BOUNDRIES TABLE FOR TRANSVERSE

4.2 COMPRESSION TEST TABLE FOR LONGITUIDINAL

4.3 COMPRESSION TEST TABLE FOR TRANSVERSE

4.4 XRD TABLE FOR LONGITUIDINAL

LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE TITLE PAGE
1.1 Flow Chart of Methodology 2
4.1 metal preparation Plan
11
4.2 after metal cutting 11
4.3 final cutting size 11
4.4 after mounting
After policing 12
4.5 image after etching

4.6 material cutting for compression test

18 4.7 material for compression test 19

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4.9 Resultant displacement 20
4.10 Shear force in y- direction 21
4.11 Bending moment in z- direction 21
4.12 Bending Moment in z-direction 22
4.13 Bending Moment in y- direction 22
4.14 Lateral displacement 23
4.15 Bending Moment in z- direction 24
4.16 Shear Force in y-direction 24
4.17 Maximum Axial force 25
4.18 Reinforcement details of column 27
4.19 Front View of column 28
4.20 Reinforcement details of beam 32
4.21 Reinforcement details of pile section 36
4.22 Front view of Shear wall 40
4.23 Reinforcement detail for shear wall 40
4.24 Behaviour of structure 42
ABBREVIATIONS

IS - Indian Standard Code

Ec - Modulus of Elasticity of Concrete
Fck - Characteristic Cube Compressive Strength of Concrete
A - Area
I - Moment of Inertia
Ta - Fundamental Time Period
h - Height of Building
Z - Zone Factor
I - Importance Factor
R - Response Reduction Factor
Ah - Design Horizontal Seismic Co-efficient

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Vb - Base Shear
Mu - Bending Moment
Mo - Total Moment
W - Total Load
DL - Dead Load
LL - Live Load
Vu - Shear Force

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