Welcome to

APL102: Introduction to Materials

Science and Engineering (3-0-2)

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 Dr. Nitya Nand Gosvami
APL102 course coordinator
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Mechanics

Office: III- Room No. 235

Tel. 011-2659 6414
Email: ngosvami@am.iitd.ac.in

Lab: Starting 8th Jan, 2018

 Faculty Instructors

Prof. Rajesh Prasad

Email: rajesh@am.iitd.ac.in
Lab Hours: TBA

Dr. Jayant Jain

Email: jayantj@am.iitd.ac.in
Lab Hours: TBA

Dr. Suresh Neelakantan

Email: sureshn@am.iitd.ac.in
Lab Hours: TBA
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APL102: Introduction to Materials Science
and Engineering (3-0-2)

Lectures ~3 hours/wk

(Tues. Wed. and Fri. from 10:00-10:50 AM)

Lab 2 hours/wk

Total ~5 hours/wk

All the lab classes will be held in LH202 Applied

Mechanics—Materials Science Laboratory
 Grading

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• Minor Exams (I and II) -2 30
• Quiz’s - 1 or 2 15
• Major Exam -1 40
• Lab - 15

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 Attendance Policy
• Institute Policy < 75% One grade lower

< 50% Two grades lower

(Lab & Lecture separate)

• If found given Proxy Attendance,

15% attendance will be wiped out &
25% marks will be reduced

• Attendance in Timble + Manual

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 Lecture class Discipline/Rules
(to be followed strictly, failing which you will be out
of the class)
• Should be in class by 10:00 am sharp, 5 mins after that
doors will be locked
• Avoid misbehaviour/mischief during the class
• Using mobile phones during the lectures are not allowed

• Warning: If anyone repeatedly found to be not following

any of these, he/she will be out of the class for the
remaining part of the semester!!
 Lab Rules
• Should be on-time for lab, 5 mins after the start time doors will be locked
• Should be properly dressed. Shoes are must
• Bring your own stationery (Calculator, rulers, pencils etc.,) & books
• Mobile phone usage is not allowed during the lab.
• Deal carefully with all the equipment’s/models etc., given in the lab. Do
not play with them.
• If you want to use or interested to learn about any instrument ask the TAs
or technicians. Do not use on your own!
• Avoid misbehaviour/mischief during the lab.
• Be attentive and sincere in solving all your lab problems. Do not copy from
other student/groups. If found copying or sheets having similar answers
your lab sheets will not be evaluated. SUMBIT THE LAB SHEET ON SAME DAY
• If any of the above is not followed he/she will be asked to leave the lab
immediately!!
• Warning : If anyone repeatedly found to be not following any of these,
he/she will be out of the lab for the remaining part of the semester and
his/her lab marks will be ZERO!! 9
 Course Discipline/Rules

Lab/group Changing: Is not allowed, but only for valid reasons (and
only by email) it will be allowed. In that case, inform by 8th Jan
Except for Medical reasons/emergency ‘No excuse’ will be
entertained in this course!!
Severe Warning : If anyone repeatedly found to be not following
any of the rules, he/she will be out of the class/lab for the
remaining part of the semester and may not be allowed to write
the exam!!!
Copying in Exams/Writing down formula: Is strictly not allowed. If
found, you WILL BE AWARDED ZERO MARKS in that exam.
Unfair means in Exam: 16 students had faced DISCO in this
course
 Announcements
• All lecture notes will be uploaded on Moodle
• Lecture notes briefly convey the topics/concepts and may not always
cover the complete details of them.
• Do not restrict yourself only to lecture notes and assume that to be
the course syllabus/content
• All course related information/announcements will be updated on
Moodle
• The name list of lab groups will be finalized and uploaded on
Moodle. Please check and confirm your respective slot.
• The Attendance & Lab sheet marks will be uploaded on Moodle after
the last class of every month – It’s your duty to check and report
any discrepancies!!
Course Content
1. Introduction
2. Thermodynamics Review
3. Crystallography
4. Structure of solids
5. Defects in crystalline solids
6. Phase Diagrams
7. Composite materials
8. Plastic deformation
9. Creep, Fracture and Fatigue
10. Phase transformation
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Textbooks:
• V. Raghavan, Materials Science and Engineering: A First
Course, Sixth Edition, PHI India.

• William D Callister, Materials Science and Engineering, An

Introduction, Sixth Edition, John Wiley and Sons.

• M. F. Ashby & D. R. H. Jones, Engineering Materials 1 & 2

 Engineering Materials
➢Engineers make things. They make them out of
materials
- James Stuart, first professor of Engineering
at Cambridge University (1875-1890)
- In his days, the no. of materials for engineers was
a few hundred at most!

For today’s engineers (You and perhaps Me!)

myriad number of materials exist!
 Origin of ‘(Engineering) Materials’

Everything
in this world
is made of
these
elements

➢ In ‘pure’ form elements are not useful materials (except Gold and few
others)

➢ Combination of various elements will originate many materials

 Important to note:

• Materials contribution is so significant

that history of human race is divided
into periods according to materials they
used

• Stone, bronze and iron – were of such

importance that the era of their
dominance is named after them

• A very significant increase in available

material choices had occurred only in
the last 60 – 70 years

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Everything we see and use is made of
Materials: cars, planes, bio medical
devices (implants), sports equipment

Imagine the consequences of faulty

or less capable material

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Modern smartphones use surprisingly bad alloys with
insufficient strength and stiffness.

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 Dramatic Material Failure

Fuselage failure in the air

Deformed railway tracks due
to heat expansion of the steel

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 Dramatic Material Failure

Oil drilling platform: Oil

Rig Mishap: Oil spill in the
Titanic failure Gulf of Mexico.

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 Dramatic Material Failure

Russian Under water Submarine

River Bridge collapse in Mississippi

What is the role of a Material Engineer??

Avoid failure

How it is possible??

Understanding the behaviour of the material

By creating materials with superior properties

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 Broad Topics
This course covers
Structure
Properties &
Processing of materials

Material scientist engineer this tetrahedron

Engineering Materials

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Examples of Each Material Family

Our daily life uses most of them in some form or the

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Material properties (with units)

➢ Each material can be thought of as

having a set of attributes or
properties

➢ The combination that characterizes

a given material is its property
profile

Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, 4th Edition ©

2010 Michael Ashby
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General Characteristics of each of
the Material Class
 Ceramics
• Stiff – high E
• Hard
• Abrasion resistant
• Good high temperature strength
• Good corrosion resistance
• Brittle
Glasses
• Hard
• Corrosion resistant
• Electrically insulating
• Transparent
• Brittle – low KIC
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Cebon
 Polymers
• Light – low ρ
• Easily shaped
• High strength per unit weight (σ/ρ)
• Lack stiffness – low E (50X less than metals)
• Properties highly sensitive to temperature

Elastomers
• Lack stiffness – low E (500 – 5000X less than
metals)
• Able to retain initial shape after being stretched
• Relatively strong and tough
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Cebon
 Metals
• Tough – high KIC
• Stiff – high E
• Ductile
• Wide range of strengths depending on composition and
processing
• Thermally and electrically conductive
• Reactive – low corrosion resistance

Hybrids
• Expensive
• Difficult to shape and join
• Properties dependent on combination of
materials
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Cebon