DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COURSE OUTLINE

Academic Year, Semester: Winter Semester 2023-24

Class: Second Semester B.Tech Mechanical Engineering and Production Engineering
Course: ME1311E Materials Science
Course Faculty: Dr. R. Manu, Dr. K Sekar, Dr. Mohammed Rashad K and Dr. Sravan Kumar

Course Outcomes
CO1: Correlate the structure with properties of engineering materials.
CO2: Identify the techniques for material characterisation.
CO3: Relate the phase evolution in materials with the processing conditions.
CO4: Describe the deformation of metals and various thermo-mechanical treatments of alloys.
CO5: Identify the properties and applications of major metallic and non-metallic engineering materials.

Hourly Course Plan

Sl. No. Date Section Topics Planned

1 Engineering materials: classifications, properties and selection
2 Structure of solids: crystalline and non-crystalline materials
3 Crystal structures I: Crystal systems, miller indices
4 Crystal structures II: Miller indices in cubic and hexagonal system
5 Crystal structures III: Atomic arrangements, Closepacking
6 Crystal structures IV: Atomic arrangements, Density calculations
7 Defects in crystals I: Point defects, solid solution
Defects in crystals II: Line defects and dislocation, surface and
8
volume defects
Materials characterization I: Optical microscopy, image formation,
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sample preparation, ASTM grain size number
10 Materials characterization II: SEM, TEM
11 Section-I Materials characterization II: EDS/WDS, XRD
12 Phase diagrams I: Evolution of phase diagrams, unary systems
Phase diagrams II: Binary phase diagram, phase rule, tie-line and
13
lever rule
Phase diagrams III: Development of microstructure, invariant
14
reactions
15 Iron-Carbon equilibrium diagram
16 Phase transformations in steel, T-T-T diagram
Solidification of metals I: Homogeneous and heterogeneous
17
nucleation
Solidification of metals II: Microstructural evolution in pure metals
18
and alloys
19 Diffusion in solids: Fick’s laws of diffusion
Elastic and plastic deformation I: Dislocation, slip and Burger’s
20
vector
Elastic and plastic deformation I: Slip systems in cubic crystals,
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Frank-read source, work hardening,
Elastic and plastic deformation I: CRSS, deformations in metallic
22
and non-metallic materials
Elastic and plastic deformation I: Deformation by twinning, hot-
23 Section-II working, cold-working
24 Strengthening mechanisms
25 Heat-treatment of steels I: CCT curve, Martensite transformation
Heat-treatment of steels II: Quenching, Annealing: Recovery,
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recrystallisation, grain growth
27 Heat-treatment of steels III: Normalizing, Tempering, Hardenability
28 Surface hardening techniques
29 Failure by fatigue and creep
 30 Ferrous alloys: Types of steels
31 Types of steels, Effect of alloying elements on properties of steels
32 Ferrous alloys: Cast irons
33 Non-ferrous alloys: Major alloys of Al, Cu, Mg, Zn and Ti
34 Non-metallic materials I: Ceramic and glasses
35 Non-metallic materials II: Plastics and elastomers
Non-metallic materials II: Composites, Effective elastic modulus
36
calculations
Advanced materials: Smart materials, Shape memory alloys, Super
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alloys, FGMs, High-entropy alloys
Functional Materials I: Materials for electrochemical storage and
38 conversion, Supercapacitors, dielectrics, thermoelectrics and
semiconductors
Functional Materials II: Biomaterials, nanomaterials, Materials for
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hydrogen production and storage, fuel cells

Evaluation Policy

Mid-semester Test : 30 marks

Assignments/Quizzes/Class tests/Tutorials : 30 marks
End semester Exam : 40 marks
Total : 100 marks
Grading Criteria : Relative Grading

CO-PO MAPPING in terms of codes (H, M and L)

PSO1

PSO2

PSO3
PO10

PO11

PO12
PO1

PO2

PO3

PO4

PO5

PO6

PO7

PO8

CO-PO Mapping PO9

Correlate the structure H H H

CO1 with properties of H H H M H M
engineering materials
Identify the techniques for H H L
CO2 H H H H
material characterisation
Relate the phase evolution H H M
CO3 in materials with the H M
processing conditions
Describe the deformation H H M
of metals and various
CO4 H M
thermo-mechanical
treatments of alloys
H H H
Identify the properties and
applications of major
CO5 H H H M H H H
metallic and non-metallic
engineering materials

3- Strongly Related (H), 2- Moderately Related (M), 1- Related (L) and Blank Cell- No relation

Course Faculty