FOUNDATION COURSES
 
ENGINEERING MATERIALS

UNIT-I        METALLIC MATERIALS                                            

Introduction to different types of Metals -Carbon Steels, Cast Iron, Stainless Steels, Dual Phase steels, High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA) steels, TRIP Steels, Maraging steel- Types, properties and applications-Aluminum, Copper, Titanium and Nickel - Types, properties and applications.

UNIT- II     HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS                               

Introduction to High temperature Materials, Super Alloys – Nickel based, Cobalt based and Iron based Super alloys – properties and applications. Oxide Dispersion strengthened Materials, High Temperature Stainless steel - properties and applications.

 UNIT- III    CERAMIC MATERIALS                                                 

Introduction to Ceramic Materials, Glass Ceramics, Clay Ceramics, Refractory Ceramics - Properties and Applications. Advanced Ceramics – MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), Optical Fibers, Ceramic ball Bearings- properties and applications.

 

UNIT- IV    POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES MATERIALS           

Polymer structure, Thermosets and Thermoplastics, Polymerization, Molecule structure – Poly Ethylene (PE), Poly Propylene(PP), Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene (PTFE), Polystyrene (PS) – properties and applications. Introduction to Composite Materials – Metal Matrix Composites, Polymer Matrix Composites and Ceramic Matrix Composites- properties and applications.

 

UNIT- V     SPECIAL MATERIALS                                                        

Introduction to nano materials  -Carbon Nano Tubes(CNT), Introduction to Bio-Materials, Graphene, Smart Materials - Shape Memory Alloy, Fundamentals of  Semiconductor Materials, Basics of Magnetic Materials and Opto Electronic Materials – properties and applications.