ED 5312: Materials and Manufacturing for the Automotive Industry

Instructors

Krishnan Parthasarathy, Ashok Leyland
Sankara J. Subramanian and Balakrishna C. Rao, ED, IITM

Course Contents

This course focuses on common materials used in automobiles: steels, cast irons, aluminium and copper based alloys, rubber, plastics, paints, lubricants, and adhesives. The underlying theory governing the processing and the resultant mechanical properties will also be covered, as will processes like heat treatments, surface treatments and manufacturing operations for parts such as casting, injection moulding, forming etc. The course is designed to cater to the needs of a typical design engineer in an automobile industry. By using real life examples and referring to Indian and International standards for materials and products, we seek to give the student a familiarity with the quantitative aspects of the process of materials selection.

Lecture Notes

  1. Lecture 1, 1st Aug. 2011: Introduction, Types of Materials, Study of a Bolted Joint
  2. Lecture 2, 6th Aug. 2011: Iron-Carbon Diagram, Phases in Steel, Iron and Steel Manufacturing Processes
  3. Lecture 3, 8th Aug. 2011: Tensile Testing, Hardness Testing
  4. Lecture 4A, 11th Aug. 2011: Hardness Testing
  5. Lecture 4B, 11th Aug. 2011: Hardenability of Steel, Leaf Spring Case Study
  6. Lecture 5, 18th Aug. 2011: Defects in Metals, Heat Treatment of Steel
  7. Lecture 6, 22nd Aug. 2011: Carburization
  8. Lecture 7, 24th Aug. 2011: Surface Hardening
  9. Lecture 8, 29th Aug. 2011: Fatigue and Fracture
  10. Lecture 9, 7th Sep. 2011: Shot-peening and Phosphating
  11. Lecture 10, 14th Sep. 2011: Paints
  12. Lecture 11, 26th Sep. 2011: HR and CR Flat Products
  13. Lecture 12, 3rd Oct. 2011: Cast Irons
  14. Lecture 13, 12th Oct. 2011: Welding
  15. Lecture 14 Aluminium Alloys
  16. Lecture 15 Copper Alloys
  17. Lecture 16 Rubber
  18. Lecture 17 Plastics
  19. Lecture 17a Full names of common plastics