Syllabus

Experiments:

1.        Preparation  of a high temperature thermal insulting foam and study its microstructure, thermal diffusivity / thermal conductivity

2.        Heat treatment studies on super alloys and aluminium alloys to understand the precipitation hardening

3.        Studies on shape memory effect on Nitinol

4.        Compression tests on aerospace alloys and foams for thermal protection to evaluate the stress-strain behavior and their plastic constants

5.        Single-shear and double shear testing on welded joints

6.        TIG Welding of and its  qualification using NDT technique such as Ultrasonic Testing/Radiographic testing and dye penetration testing

7.        Electrochemical corrosion studies on aerospace alloys using Tafel plot method

8.        Metallographic studies on forged and welded  metals/alloys

(a)      to analyze the grain flow pattern in forged samples

(b)      Analyzing the weld zone, heat affected zone and parent metal of the welded sample

9.        Aging studies on aluminium alloys using differential scanning calorimeter

10.    Machinability studies on aerospace alloys

11.    Measurement of flammability, flame penetration time and char yield of an ablative material

12.    Preparation and characterization of a ceramic matrix composite

13.    Effect of ball milling time on particle size and surface area of a ceramic/metal powder

14.    Fabrication and evaluation of dye sensitized solar cell

15.    Studies on charge-discharge characteristics of a battery