Indicative contents

• Introduction to materials, mechanical behaviour and manufacturing properties
• Metal alloys: structure and strengthening by heat treatment
• Ferrous, Nonferrous alloys, Polymers, Ceramics and Composites: General properties and applications
• Metal Casting Processes
• Forming and Shaping Processes: rolling, forging, extrusion, drawing, sheet-metal forming, processing of powder metals and ceramics, forming and shaping plastics and composites
• Material Removal Processes: cutting tool materials and fluids, machining processes, abrasive machining, finishing processes and advanced machining processes
• Joining Processes: solid-state welding, adhesive bonding and mechanical fastening processes
• Use of computer-based material selection package (Cambridge Engineering Selector) to determine optimum material and manufacturing processes.
   

Recommended reading

• Essential Reading - Books
  1. Course Notes
• Recommended Reading
  1. J A Charles, F A A Crane, J A G Furness, “Selection and use of engineering materials”, 3rd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann publications, 2003
  2. Mikell P. Groover, “Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Systems”, 2nd Edition Wiley Publication, 2005
  3. George E Dieter, “Mechanical Metallurgy”, SI Metric Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1988
  4. William D Callister, “Materials Science and Engineering an Introduction”, 6th edition, John Wiley and sons, 2005
  5. Serope Kalpakjian, Steven R Schmid, “Manufacturing engineering and technology”, Pearson Education, 2003
  6. S.H.Avner, “Introduction to Physical Metallurgy”, 2nd edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2005
  7. Lindberg, Roy A, “Processes and Materials of Manufacture”, 4th Edition, Allyn and Bacon, 1990
  8. Kenneth G Budinski, Michael K Budinski, “Engineering Materials Properties and Selection”, 7th edition, Prentice-Hall of India, 2002
  9. James Brown, “Advanced Machining”, Tata McGraw-Hill,1998
  10. M.F. Ashby, “Materials Selection in Mechanical Design”, 2nd edition., Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999
  11. John Brydson, “Plastic Materials”, 7th edition, Butterworth-Heinemann publications, 1999
  12. C A Harper, “Handbook of plastics, elestomers and composites, 4th edition”, Tata McGraw-Hill,2002
  13. H Yamagata, “The science and technology of materials in automotive engines”, Yamaha Motor Co Ltd, Japan Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2005
  14. Geoff Davies, “Materials for automobile bodies”, Butterworth-Heinemann publications, 2003
• Laboratory
  1. Hardware: None
  2. Software: Cambridge Engineering Selector