Evaluation Techniques and Instrumentation

Introduction to materials evaluation techniques; their role in quality assurace and production environments. Classification of materials evaluation techniques. Destructive testing – hardness, tensile, compression, impact, fatigue and creep. Light optical microscopy and quantitative metallography. Advanced Microscopic techniques i.e. SEM, TEM, non-destructive testing, radiography, eddy current and ultrasonic techniques. Magniflux and fluorescence methods. introduction to spectroscopy, DTA, DSC, thermocouples & temperature measurements strain gange and load cell. Vacuum systems.

Hours: XYZ where X = Lecture, Y = Lab, Z = Credit
All hours are per week.
3 Lab hours constitute 1 credit hour
1 credit hour implies 1 lecture of 50mins per academic week. 16 weeks in total.
Pre-Requisite courses are courses required to be completed before this course may be taken
Co-Requisite courses are courses required to be taken along with this course