AKTU Smart Materials (HTMA501) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Smart Materials and Advance Manufacturing

Course Objectives

This course is designed with the objective of enabling engineering students to get a flavor of advances in materials science. The knowledge of smart materials learnt by the students in the course will let them to realize the usefulness of various new-age materials for technological advances and allow them to explore further in their higher studies.

Course Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO1: Learn about composite materials, smart materials, their properties, classification and applications, CO2: Understand types of smart material based on their electrical and magnetic properties, CO3: Characterize piezoelectric, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials, CO4: Identify novel functions of smart materials, CO5: Apply the acquired knowledge of smart materials in different applications CO6: Evaluate the importance of smart materials in day-to-day life.

Course Content

UNIT I

Classification and Selection of Materials: Classification of materials, properties required in Engineering materials, Selection of Materials; Motivation for selection, cost basis and service requirements - Selection for mechanical properties, strength, toughness, fatigue and creep - Selection for surface durability corrosion and wear resistance – Relationship between materials selection and processing - Case studies in materials selection with relevance to aero, auto, marine, machinery and nuclear applications. 8L

UNIT II

Composite Materials: Fiber reinforced, laminated and dispersed materials with metallic matrix of aluminium, copper and Titanium alloys and with non-metallic matrix of unsaturated polyesters and epoxy resins. Development, Important properties and applications of these materials. 6L

UNIT III

Introduction to Smart Materials: common smart materials and associated stimulus- response, Classification: active and passive, Piezoelectric, Shape-memory alloys, Photo-responsive polymers, Electro active polymers, Thermo-responsive polymers, Dielectric elastomers, Thermoelectric materials; Application areas of smart materials: Space, health care and biomedical sectors. Piezoelectric Materials:

Piezoelectric Effect: Direct and Converse, Piezoelectriccoefficients, Piezoceramics, Piezopolymers, Piezoelectric Materials as Sensors, Actuators etc. 8L

UNIT IV

Shape-memory Alloys: Shape memory alloys (SMAs) and properties, Phase change in SMAs, Shape memory effect: One-way and two-way, binary, and ternary alloy systems, Applications. 6L

UNIT V:

Chromic Materials: Photochromic, Thermochromic, Electrochromic, Magneto-chromic and Piezo-chromic Materials.

Multiferroic Materials: Multiferroics definitions, Ferroic phases, Magneto-electric coupling; Type-I and Type-II multiferroics, Mechanism: Charge ordering, lone pair, geometric effect, and spin driven mechanism; Multi ferroic materials, Applications. 6L

Text Books

1. B. K. Pandey and S. Chaturvedi, Engineering Physics, Cengage nd Publication, New Delhi, 2 Edition 2022,ISBN-13:978- 81-953536-7-5.

Reference Books

1. Mohsen Shahinpoor, Fundamentals of Smart Materials, 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry, ISBN: 9781782626459.
2. M. Schwartz, Smart Materials, 1st Edition, 2008, CRC Press, ISBN 9781420043723.
3. Engineering Material Technology James A. Jacobs & Thomas F. Kilduff Prentice Hall
4. Engineering Materials Properties and Selection Kenneth G. Budinski, Prentice Hall of India
5. Selection of Engineering Materials Gladius Lewis Prentice-Hall, New Jersey