fog Ne 13ME35 jate) (2013 Onwards) COIMBATORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Government Aided Autonomous Institution) COIMBATORE 641 014 e B.E, DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER 2014 (Third Semester) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BRANCH 43ME35 ENGINEERING MATERIALS (Common to PT BE Mech. | Sem.) Time : 3 Hours i Max: 75 marks INSTRUCTIONS Answer all questions in Part A and as per choice in PART 8. 2. Part A and Part B questions should be answered separately in the same answer sheet. 3. Question No.11 is compulsory. (10X2=20) a Define polycrystalline with an example. 2. ‘What are the four main methods of strengthing crystalline materials? 3. How are the phase diagrams classified? 4. By using Lever rule, What all can be estimated? 5. Name three microscopic effects in steels that produce strengthening. 6 What is microalloying? 7. List the types of engineering polymers? 8. How the majority of failures occur in machine components? 9. How does hardness relate to toughness? 10. ‘What are nano structured materials? PART-B (6x11 = 58) 11. a) Howare crystalline imperfections classified? Explain. (6) 'b) Using sketches, explain the Burger's vector perpendicular to the edge dislocation line? () 42, a) Explain Binary phase diagram with an example. 6) b) What are substitutional and interstitial solid solutions? © (OR) 43. a) Whatare the types of invariant reactions? Explain. © b) How are steels classified? Explain © Contd...14. 15. 16. 7. 18, 19. a) b) b) a) ») ») ) b) a) » Explain the isothermal transformation diagram with a neat sketch. Define hardenability. How will you determine the hardenabilty using Jominy end quenching test? (OR) What is selective hardening? List the types of techniques available for this. What are the effects of alloying additions on steel? Explain. ‘What are the basic types of polymers? Expiain them. What are the properties of polymers? (OR) ‘What is compacting? Explain various compaction techniques. What are the properties of powder processed materials? Explain a tensile test. What is the significance of Stress-Strain testing? Explain the difference between hardness and microhardness. Sketch a Rockwell hardness tester. (OR) Brief on fow-dimensional structures. What are the electronic and optical properties of nano crystallites? 6) (5) ©) (6) (6) 6) @ ©) 6) 6) ‘© 6)