Programme: Mechanical Engineering

Module Title: Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

Module Code: 15MECH60C

MECH60C Lecture/Tutorial/Lab Schedule

Lab
No Week Lecture Tutorial / Class Activity
Activity
Introduction: Course objectives
and plan, why do we need to
learn Materials Science, Plan for
1 23 Sep Introduction:
course
Types of Materials

Crystal Structure
2 30 Sep Crystal Structure (introduction basic
calculations)
3 07 Oct Crystal Structure
Diffusion in solids and
Crystal Structures
4 14 Oct applications related to discipline
(Directions and planes)
Diffusion (introduction
Phase Diagrams (General)
5 21 Oct applications steady
state calculations)
Diffusion (non-steady
Phase Diagrams (applications)
6 28 Oct state calculations
temperature calculations)
Fe-C Phase Diagram & Types
Phase diagram
04 of steels : Heat treatable types
7 (introduction binary
Nov and heat treatment
alloys1)
Types of steels : (focus on
programme applications)
11 Phase diagram (binary
8 Types of steels: stainless, heat
Nov alloys2)
resistant, others

Submission
Ceramics: structure and Fe C phase diagram
18 of
9 applications, composites (applications
Nov coursework
calculations)
assignment
Polymers: structure and
25 Metallographic
10 applications, composites
Nov examination
Concepts of failures and end of
Mechanical properties
11 2 Dec life for engineering materials
and testing
12 9 Dec Mechanical properties and Mechanical properties Final Lab
 testing (stress strain behaviour) Report
Mechanical properties submission
(elastic properties)
Wrap-Up and oral discussions and course work presentations
13