Literature Survey, Presentations, Phase 1 of experimental work

Experiments:

1.        Preparation  of a high temperature thermal insulting foam and study its microstructure, thermal diffusivity / thermal conductivity

2.        Heat treatment studies on super alloys and aluminium alloys to understand the precipitation hardening

3.        Studies on shape memory effect on Nitinol

4.        Compression tests on aerospace alloys and foams for thermal protection to evaluate the stress-strain behavior and their plastic constants

Experiments:

1.      Preparation and characterisation of compression moulded random, bidirectional and unidirectional composites based on thermoplastic, thermoset and elastomer

2.      Preparation and characterization  of short fibre composites using vacuum bag, injection moulding, extrusion methods

3.      Preparation of laminates

4.      Determination of fiber-volume ratio

5.      Determination of tensile properties of composite

Carbon based materials- carbon fiber, carbon-carbon composites, carbon aerogels  and foams,  Ceramic materials- polymer derived ceramics, ceramic fibers, ceramic matrix composites, thermal barrier coatings,  ceramics aerogels and foams, Ultrahigh temperature ceramics; materials with zero thermal expansion, Metallic materials- Evolution of materials for aerospace sectors, super alloys, titanium alloys, intermetallics and metal matrix composites; High temperature polymers- aromatic liquid crystalline polyesters, polyamide, phenolics, polyimide, poly ether ether ketones; Materia

Introduction to Composite Materials, Classification, reinforcement; Polymer matrix composites, Thermoplastic and thermosetting resins, Common matrix reinforcement system; Concept of A stage, B stage and C stage resins; Particulate and fibre filled composites, Short fibre composites, Theories of stress transfer; Continuous fibre composites, Failure mechanism and strength, Halpin-Tsai equations, Prediction of Poisson’s ratio, Various failure modes; Specialty composites, Composites for satellites and advanced launch vehicles, Design considerations, PMC- for structural composites, Nanocomposite

Introduction to materials processing; Polymer processing - rheology of polymeric materials, Compounding and processing of plastics and rubbers,fibre spinning and manufacturing processes.