Subject Code: ME6L317 Name: Surface Engineering L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-Requisite(s):
Concept and Importance, Classification of surface modification techniques, Advantages and their limitations; Causes, types and consequences of surface degradation, Forms of wear – Adhesive, Abrasive, Surface fatigue, Corrosive, Fretting and erosive wear, Classical governing laws related to wear, Techniques to evaluate the wear damage; Materials characteristics, their importance in surface engineering, Wear resistant materials, Selection of materials for engineering the surfaces for specific applications; New coating concepts including multi-layer structures, Functionally gradient materials (FGMs), Intermetallic barrier coatings and Thermal barrier coating; Principles and application ofweld surfacing: SMAW, SAW, GMAW, Thermal spraying – Flame spraying, Electric arc spraying, Plasma spraying, Detonation gun spraying and High velocity oxy fuel spraying ; Ion implantation, Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) and Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD), Carburizing, Nitriding, Plasma nitriding, Cyaniding; Laser cladding, Alloying, Glazing, Laser and Induction hardening, Heat treatment of steel and remelting by Laser / TIG; Microwave glazing; Importanceof Different characterisation techniques – Physical, Mechanical and Functional characterisations, Surface finish, Microhardness, Strength and Tribological characterizations; Electro deposition and Electroless coatings; and Pulsed Laser Deposition
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Surface Engineering of Metals: Principles, Equipment, Technologies By T.Burakowski and Wierzchoń T., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1999.
  2. Surface Engineering Casebook By J.S. Burnell-Gray and P.K.Datta (eds.), Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, England, 1996.
  3. Engineering coatings - design and application By S. Grainger and J. Blunt (eds.), Abington Publishing, Cambridge, England, 1998.
  4. Advanced Surface Coatings: a Handbook of Surface Engineering By D. S. Rickerby and A. Matthews (eds), Blackie, London,1991.
  5. Coatings Tribology: Properties, Techniques and Applications in Surface Engineering By K.Holmberg and A. Matthews, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, 1994.