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1. Introduction and
1 classification of materials
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1 Crystal structure
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2 Imperfections in solids
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3 Mechanical properties of materials
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4 Failure of materials
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4 Phase diagrams Thermal
5 Processing and Heat treatment of
steel
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Topic Name Sessions remarks
List types of materials based on their structure
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List at least 10 crystalline and amorphous materials 1

Define a unit cell 1
Extract the unit cell from a given pattern 1
List the seven crystal systems with the relationships
between their lattice parameters 1

Draw crystal structures of BCC, FCC and HCP 1

List at least 10 examples of metals under each crystal struct 1
Calculate the co-ordination number of each crystal structure 1
Calculate the atomic packing factor for a given crystal struc 1
Calculate theoretical density for a given metal 1
Distinguish the representation of a point, direction and a pl 1
Identify the close-packed directions and planes for BCC, F 1
List different types of defects in a solid 1
Calculate the equilibrium number of vacancies in a material 1
List different types of solid solutions and give at least 5 e 1
Write the conditions for formation of each of the above sol 1
Given masses and atomic weights of two or more elements i 1
Make a drawing of edge, screw and mixed dislocation. Identi 1
List and draw different types of grain boundaries 1
List different types of microscopic equipment used to stud 1
Define engineering stress and strain 1
State Hooke’s law and its limitations 1
Define Poisson’s ratio 1
Given an engineering stress-strain curve determine (A) modu 1
Discuss the microscopic details of the deformation and failu 1
Given dimensions of the specimen before and after test plot 1
Name three different hardness test and note the differences 1
Write the invariants of a stress tensor 1
Deduce the relation between eigen values of a stress tensor a 1
Write the stress concentration factors for specific types of 1
Write the names failure theories for ductile and brittle mater 1
Derive the expressions for von-Mises and Tresca yield crite 1
Plot the 2D yield surface for each failure theory mentioned 1
Design simple members (like bar, shaft, beam) under differe 1
Discuss relative merits of each theory in design 1
Discuss the difference between stress-intensity and stress-co 1
Sketch simple isomorphous and eutectic phase diagrams; lab 1

Determine (a) the phases present (b) composition of phases ( 1

Label all phases, reactions in a given binary phase diagram 1
Draw the microstructures of an alloy when it is cooled slo 1
Derive the expression for critical radius and activation free 1
Plot a schematic showing the fraction of transformation versu 1
Given a isothermal transformation or continuous cooling tra 1
Draw in Fe-Fe3C equilibrium diagram in the vicinity of the eutectoid
1 composition and indicate the various heat treating tem