Advanced Engineering Alloys

Code 1064I
Credits 6

Learning outcomes

1. Quick review of metallic materials and an introduction to metallurgy.
2. Review of structural phases. Principles and applications of phase diagrams. Principles of alloy theory. Defects in solid.
3. Introduction to Dislocation. Dislocation and plastic deformation. Elements of grain boundaries.
4. Vacancies. Diffusion in substitutional solid solutions. Interstitial diffusion.
5. Solidification of Metals and Alloys. Nucleation and growth kinetics. Precipitation.
6. Characterization and Analysis. Microscopy and X Ray Diffraction techniques.
7. Mechanical behaviour of metals and testing procedure. Tensile test. Impact testing. Creep testing. Fatigue testing.
8. Strengthening and hardening mechanisms
9. The Iron-Carbon Alloy System; The perlitic transformation; the bainite reaction; Isothermal transformation Diagrams for eutectoid and non-eutectoid steel.
10. The hardening of steel. Continuous cooling transformations. Hardenability. The martensite transformation in steel. Tempering. Secondary Hardening.
11. Steel product. Carbon and alloy steel. High strength, Low Alloy Steel. Alloy Steel. Classification and designation of steel.
12. Alloy Steel. Maraging Steel. Stainless Steel. PH Alloys. Duplex Alloys. Tool steel.
13. Advanced High Strength Steel, 2nd and 3rd generation. TRIP, TWIP
14. Cast Iron. Microstructure development. Ductile and malleable cast iron. Heat-resistant cast iron. Ni-Hard cast iron.
15. Light alloys. Aluminium alloys. Hundred years of precipitation hardening. Al-Li and Magnesium alloys.
16. Copper alloys and copper berillium.
17. Titanium alloys. Classification. Beta alloys. Alpha-Beta Alloys. Alloys for aerospace structures.
18. Nickel based alloys. High temperature alloys. Superalloys. Nickel-Iron alloys.
19. Stress induced martensite. Shape Memory Alloys. The metallurgy of Nitinol.
20. Metal Bulk Metallic Glasses. Recent development and application products of BGA.
21. High-entropy alloy: challenges and prospects. A Critical Review.