Introduction to materials science and engineering. Overview of mechanical, thermal & tribological properties, Iron carbon equilibrium diagram, heat treatment processes of Aluminum and steel, Non-Ferrous metals and Alloys: Structure and properties of copper and its alloys, Aluminum and its alloys, Titanium and its alloys, Types of Corrosions - Prevention – Protective Treatments. emerging trends in aerospace materials.
General principles of various casting processes, applications, casting for aerospace components, principles and equipment used in various welding processes, application of aerospace industry, various nondestructive Testing (NDT) techniques used in aero industries.
Sheet metal operations: shearing, punching, metal forming, super plastic forming; operations in bending like stretch forming spinning drawing. Riveting, types and techniques, equipment, fasteners, integral tanks, final assembly of aircraft, Jigs and Fixtures, stages of assembly, aircraft tooling concepts.
General working principles, applications and operations of lathe, shaper, milling machines, grinding, drilling machine, computer numeric control machining. Classification of Non-Traditional Machining Processes, Working principles and applications of Mechanical, thermal, chemical and Electrochemical process. unconventional machining applications in aerospace.
Production of semi-fabricated forms, Aerospace applications, Plastics and rubber, Introduction to fiber reinforced plastics, glass and carbon composites; Fibers and resins; Characteristics and applications. Overview, Need, Classification, Additive Manufacturing Technology in new product development, Materials for Additive Manufacturing Technology, Rapid Tooling, applications in aerospace.
Reference Book:
1.Douglas F. Horne, “Aircraft production technologyâ€, Cambridge University Press, 1st Edition, 1986. 2. Ian Gibson David Rosen, Brent Stucker, Mahyar Khorasani, ―Additive Manufacturing Technologies 3rd th Edition 2020. 3. S. C. Keshu, K. K Ganapathy, “Air craft production techniquesâ€, Interline Publishing House, Bangalore, 3rd Edition, 1993. 4.P. N. Rao, Manufacturing Technology Vol I & II Tata-McGraw-Hill Publishing Ltd, 2018.
Text Book:
1. S. Kalpakjian, Steven R. Schmid, “Manufacturing Engineering and Technologyâ€, Addison Wesley 8 th Edition, 2020. 2. S. C. Keshu, K. K Ganapathy, “Aircraft production technology and managementâ€, Interline Publishing House, Bangalore, 3rd Edition, 1993.
