Advanced Physical Metallurgy (MS5050) 3 credits course

  • General Introduction
  • Structure of solids
  • Characterization techniques- X-ray & Electron Diffraction
  • Imperfections in solids including fundamentals of dislocations
  • Strengthening mechanisms
  • Phase and phase diagrams
  • Diffusion in solids
  • Phase transformation in materials
  • Mechanical behavior of materials
  • Materials degradation and corrosion
  • Important Engineering materials

Thermo Mechanical Processing of Materials (MS5040) 3 credits course

  • Introduction to thermo mechanical processing

  • Hardening mechanisms
  • Static and dynamic softening processes
  • Crystallographic texture development during thermo mechanical processing
  • Different thermo mechanical processing techniques
  • Residual stress in thermo mechanical processing
  • Defects in thermo mechanical processing
  • Case studies: Thermo mechanical processing of steel, aluminum, magnesium, titanium and other advanced alloy systems
  • Recent trends in thermo mechanical processing