Overview on Materials

Asst. Prof. Jagadeesh N M.Tech (NIT-W)

Mechanical Engineering Department

 Can you think of life without these !

one cannot have, but what makes it

of course materials……
Historical approach towards materials
Casting
Blast furnace
 SIGNIFICANCE OF MATERIALS IN ENGINEERING
SCENERIO
 Confining the materials which is useful to the engineer in practice of his
profession.
 Materials refers only to solid materials , even though it is possible to quote a
number of liquid and gaseous materials are useful to the engineer.

 The word SCIENCE in the phrase refers to the physical sciences, in particular
to chemistry and physics. As we confine ourselves mainly to solids in materials
science , the subject is related to solid state chemistry and solid state physics.

 Importance of the structure- property relation ships in materials is

emphasized.
Growing need of civilization drives the
quest for developing newer and newer
materials
 Materials can be classified in an alternative way, according to the
major areas in which they are used.
i. Structures
ii. Machines
iii. Devices ( Invariably, in each category of application, we find
materials from all the three groups described above.)
 Structures

Machinery parts
Ceramic magnets Transistors

Composites
 Why study of engineering materials?
Is it predefined approach for material
selection / analyse failure analysis

Hull part of ship made of

riveted joints
Modern cruise ship
It is simply in advancement of materials , the need & luxury
of human beings are met.
Can you imagine yourself without
pondering around materials !

Thank
you