Syllabus
Iron and steel production
Metastable/stable iron carbone phase diagram: Iron carbon (Fe-Fe3C) phase diagram (peritectic, eutectoid, eutectic reaction)
Effect of alloying elements on steel properties
Effect of heat treatment on phase transitions (TTT and CCT diagrams)
Thermo-chemical method of surface hardening (carburising, nitriding, carbonitriding)
Thermo-mechanical treatment of steel (TRIP, Maraging)
Classification of steels and cast irons
Mechanical testing (static, dynamic, cyclic tests)
Fracture mechanics
Fatigue
Annotation
Metastable/stable iron carbone phase diagram, Time-temperature transformation (TTT) diagrams, Continuous cooling transformation
(CCT) diagrams, Heat treatment of iron and steel, Thermo-chemical method of surface hardening, Thermo-mechanical treatment of steel,
Deformation tests (static and dynamic), Fatigue, Creep