Applied Physics (ME) II

PH25C05

Applied Physics (ME) – II

Course Objective(s):

• To impart fundamental knowledge of rigid body dynamics, thermal physics, phase transitions, and functional materials.

• To provide analytical abilities for evaluating physical phenomena in mechanical engineering applications.

Rigid Body Dynamics: Centre of mass – Moment of inertia (circular disc, solid cylinder, hollow cylinder, solid sphere, hollow sphere), Gear, shaft, gyroscope

Activities: Demonstration of moment of inertia of Gear, shafts and Gyroscopes.

Thermal Physics: Thermal conductivity –Transient plane source method, Transient Line Source method- Forbe’s method - conduction through compound media, Laws of Thermodynamics .

Activities: Demonstration of thermal conductivity of insulators

Phase Transitions: Solid solutions - single component system, binary phase diagrams - iron-carbon equilibrium diagram, T-T-T-diagram - heat treatment of steels – hardening techniques

Activities: Demonstration of Hardening of steels

Functional Materials: Ceramics – Composites, Fiber Reinforced Plastics, Metallic Glasses, LED Characteristics

Activities: Demonstration of LED working and its characteristics.

Weightage: Continuous Assessment: 40%, End Semester Examinations: 60%

Assessment Methodology: Quiz (10%), Assignments (30%), Flipped Class (10%),

Internal Examinations (50%)

References:

1. Mathur, D. S. (2008). Elements of properties of matter. S. Chand.

2. Brij Lal, & Subramaniyan, N. (2018). Heat, thermodynamics and statistical physics. S. Chand.

3. Raghavan, V. (2009). Physical metallurgy: Principles and practice. PHI Learning.

4. Askeland, D. (2010). Materials science and engineering. Brooks/Cole.

E-resources:

1. Moment of Inertia: https://youtu.be/fDJeVR0o w

2. Conduction: http://kcl.digimat.in/nptel/courses/video/112106155/L32.html

3. Iron –Carbon phase diagram - https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/113/104/113104068/

4. Gyroscope_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FydJu1A1oeM gyroscope-131127011945-phpapp02.pdf

5. Hardening Techniques_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckCN9jGsdUY

6. LED Characteristics - https://youtu.be/IgapvczVyXs