Material selection and Failure Analysis
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The official GTU curriculum for Material selection and Failure Analysis (subject code 2182102) as prescribed for Metallurgy · Semester 8 divides the course into 9 units, covering 26 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2182102)Unit 1 Philosophy of material selection, motivation for selection, relationship to
- available resources
- concept of resource base
- Criteria for selection of engineering materials – service requirements
- ease of manufacturing
- availability of materials and cost effectiveness
Unit 2 Selection for mechanical properties like strength, toughness, stiffness,
- creep and temperature resistance
Unit 3 Selection for surface durability like corrosion resistance, wear resistance
- Relationship between material selection and material processing
Unit 4 Identification of required properties. Selection of materials based on
- available property data and optimization to select the best material
Unit 5 Case studies in material selection like materials for bearings, gears,
- automobile structures
- aircraft components
- ship structures
Unit 6 Importance of failure analysis and its relationship to material selection,
- fundamental causes of failure
- General practice in failure analysis
Unit 7 Failure- types and characteristics
- fracture mechanism
- fracture modes and microfractographic features of ductile
- brittle and fatigue failures
Unit 8 Corrosion Failures
- Galvanic Corrosion
- Uniform Corrosion
- Crevice Corrosion
- Corrosion fatigue
- hydrogen embrittlement and stress corrosion cracking
Unit 9 Elevated-Temperature Failures
- Elevated-Temperature Fatigue
- Thermal Fatigue
- Metallurgical Instabilities
- Environmentally Induced Failure
- Cooling Methods
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