Course

Unit 1

Atomic structure, bonding and crystal structure in materials. Imperfections in crystalline solids and their role in influencing materials properties. Mechanical properties: Stress and strain curves for brittle and ductile alloys, elastic, plastic, anelastic, visco-elastic behavior, ductility, resilience, toughness of metals, strengthening mechanisms, grain boundary hardening, solution hardening and work hardening.

Unit 2

Metals and Alloys: Microstructure, properties and applications of ferrous and nonferrous materials in aviation and space. Solid solutions, solubility limit, phase rule, binary phase diagrams, intermediate phases, intermetallic compounds, recrystallization and grain growth.
Ceramics: Structure, properties and applications of traditional and advanced ceramics for re-entry of space vehicles.

Unit 3

1. Cantor B, Assender H, and Grant P (2001), Aerospace Materials, ISBN 07503 0742 0, IOP Publishing Ltd.

• Gauthier M. M. (1995). Engineered Materials Handbook Materials Park, OH: ASM International. [Comprehensive overview on engineering plastics, elastomers, composites, ceramics and ceramic matrix composites.]
• Boyer R., Welsch G., and Collings E. W. (1994). Materials Properties Handbook: Titanium alloys. Materials Park, OH: ASM International. [Extensive coverage of Ti alloy data.]
• Davis J. R. (1997). ASM Speciality Handbook Heat Resistant Materials. Materials Park, OH: ASM International. [Comprehensive overview on superalloys, ferrous and non-ferrous heat-resistant materials.]