MEE1005

Materials Engineering and Technology

Lecture - 1
What ?
 Module1. Structure of Materials
• Introduction to engineering materials
• significance of structure property correlations in all
classes of engineering materials,
• Unit Cells,
• Metallic Crystal Structures,
• Density Computations,
• Crystal Systems,
• Crystallographic Points,
• Crystallographic Directions,
• Crystallographic Planes,
• Linear and Planar Densities,
• Close-Packed Crystal Structures,
• Crystalline and Non-crystalline Materials,
• Single Crystals,
• Polycrystalline Materials,
• Imperfection in solids – Point, Line, Surface and
Volume defects
• Polymorphism and Allotropy.
 Module2. Constitution of Alloys
• Mechanism of Crystallization
• Nucleation-Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation
• Growth of crystals- Planar growth – dendritic growth
• Cooling curves
• Diffusion
• Construction of Phase diagram
• Binary alloy phase diagram – Cu-Ni alloy; Cu-Zn alloy and Pb-Sn
alloy
• Iron-Iron carbide phase diagram – Invariant reactions
• microstructural changes of hypo and hyper-eutectoid steel
• TTT and CCT diagram.
 Module 3. Heat Treatment and
Surface Heat treatment
• Heat treatment – Overview – Objectives
• Annealing and types, normalizing, quenching,
austempering and martempering
• Microstructure changes
• Surface hardening processes - Carburizing ,
nitriding, cyaniding and carbonitriding
• Induction and flame hardening
• Laser and Electron beam hardening– principles
and case depths.
 Module 4. Ferrous metals
• Steels – Types of Steels
• Properties and application of cast irons -
White, Grey, Malleable and Nodular
• Effect of alloying elements on structure and
properties of steels
• Properties and uses of Silicon and Hadfield
Manganese steels
• High speed steels - Stainless steel and Types
 Module:5 Non Ferrous metals
Properties and applications of non Ferrous
metals –
• Aluminium
• Magnesium
• Copper
• Nickel
• Titanium and their alloys.
Module 6. Mechanical behavior of Materials

• Strengthening mechanisms
• Hardness measurements
• Tensile properties of the materials
• Fracture of metals – Ductile Fracture, Brittle Fracture,
Ductile to Brittle Transition Temperature (DBTT)
• Fatigue – Endurance limit of ferrous and non-ferrous
metals -Fatigue test, S-N curves, factors affecting fatigue,
structural changes accompanying fatigue;
• Creep and stress rupture– mechanism of creep – stages
of creep and creep test.
 Module 7. Introduction to Advanced
Materials
• Properties and Applications of Engineering
polymers
• Ceramics – properties and applications of
various ceramics
• Composites – and their types; properties and
processing of composites
• Manufacture of fibres.
Module:8 Contemporary issues
How ?
• TextBooks:

1. W.D. Callister, David G. Rethwisch, (2010) Materials Science and

Engineering: An Introduction, 8th ed., Wiley & Sons.

• Reference Books:

1. Donald R. Askeland, Pradeep P. Fulay, Wendelin J. Wright (2010), The Science

and Engineering of Materials 6th Edition, Cenage Publications.
2. William F. Smith and Javad Hashemi (2006), Foundations of Materials Science
and Engineering 5th Edition, McGraw Hill.
3. Sidney H Avner (2008) “Introduction to Physical Metallurgy, 2nd Edition, Tata
McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited
4. ASM Handbook, Metallography and Microstructure, ASM International,
Volume 9, 2004.
5. Jon L. Dossett, Howard E. Boyer (2006), Practical Heat Treating: 2nd Edition,
ASM International.
Why ?
What can a materials engineer do?

Materials engineers develop, process, and

test materials used to create a range of
products, from computer chips and aircraft
wings to golf clubs and biomedical devices. ...
They also help select materials for specific
products, develop new ways to use
existing materials, and develop new materials.
 Assesment
1. CAT-1 – 15%
2. CAT-2 – 15%
3. Quiz – 10%
4. DA-1 – 10%
5. DA-2 – 10%
6. Additional learning – 10% ???
7. FAT – 40 %
Thank you …