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Title of the course

MM 302 :  Mechanical working of Metals

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Credit structure

L          T          P          C

2           1          0          6

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Pre-requisite, if any

MM 203 – Mechanics of Materials

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Course content

The pre-midsem part deals with the technology behind the important metal forming operations. The primary forming processes covered include rolling, extrusion, forging, wire drawing and sheet-metal forming. The post-midsem part deals with ‘Case Studies’, wherein the thermo-mechanical processing of some important products is analysed. Examples include aluminium beverage cans, steel for car body applications & zirconium alloys for the nuclear industry.

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Texts/References

Mechanical Metallurgy: George E. Dieter (Pre-midsem) & Thermo-Mechanical Processing of Metallic Materials: Bert Verlinden, Julian Driver, Indradev Samajdar, Roger D. Doherty (Post-midsem).

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Instructor(s) name

Prof. K. Narasimhan & Prof. Indradev Samajdar