Reg No:

SNS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

(An Autonomous Institution)

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION-I

ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-15

SIXTH SEMESTER
B.E Aeronautical Engineering
AE2354 HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS
Time:

Hours

Maximum: 50 Marks
PART A (5 x 2 Marks)
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1.

Why the rate of creep is more at elevated temperatures?

2.

Name two metallurgical factors which affect the creep rate.

3.

Draw creep curve and label different regions in it.

4.

Define strain hardening?

5.

Differentiate between ductile and brittle materials.

PART B (14+13+13=40 Marks)

6.

(a)

Explain in detail about the factors influencing functional life of components at elevated
temperatures

14

(OR)

7.

(b)

Briefly explain the three steps of creep with a creep curve

14

(a)

Derive an expression connecting stress, temperature and strain rate.

13

(OR)

8.

(b)

Based on steady state creep rate derive expressions for creep ductile and brittle fracture.

13

(a)

How will you obtain creep resistance through hardening? Explain any one hardening
mechanism in detail

13

(OR)
(b)

Analyse time hardening strain hardening pictorially and mathematically and prove that at
constant stress the strain hardening reduces to time hardening.

13