MF3311 Strength of Materials and Metallurgy Laboratory Syllabus:

MF3311 Strength of Materials and Metallurgy Laboratory Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• To study the mechanical properties of materials when subjected to different types of loading.
• To impart practical knowledge of heat treatment processes.
• To elaborate the effect of various parameters on heat treatment process
• To get conversant with the microstructural changes
• To gain practical knowledge on heat treatment of various materials.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

A) Strength of Materials Laboratory
1. Tension test on a mild steel rod
2. Double shear test on Mild steel and Aluminium rods
3. Torsion test on mild steel rod
4. Impact test on metal specimen
5. Hardness test on metals – Brinell and Rockwell Hardness Number
6. Deflection test on beams
7. Compression test on helical springs
8. Strain Measurement using Rosette strain gauge
9. Effect of hardening- Improvement in hardness and impact resistance of steels.
10. Tempering- Improvement Mechanical Properties Comparison
(i) Unhardened specimen
(ii) Quenched Specimen and
(iii) Quenched and tempered specimen.
11. Microscopic Examination of
(i) Hardened samples and
(ii) Hardened and tempered samples.

B) Metallurgy Laboratory
1. Specimen preparation for macro – examination.
2. Specimen preparation for micro examination and study of Micro structure of –
a) Carbon steel s(High, Medium, and Low)
b) Cast Iron (Gray, White, Nodular, Malleable)
c) Brass (70/30), Bronze (tin bronze), Al-Si alloy, Cupro-nickel, Ti alloy.
3. Quantitative metallography – Estimation of volume fraction, particle size, size distribution,
and shape.
4. Cooling curves
a) Pure Metal (Pb or Sn)
b) Alloy (Pb-Sn or Pb-Sb)
5. study the micro structure before and after the following heat treatments
a) Annealing
b) Normalizing
c) Quench Hardening
d) Tempering
6. Jominy End Quench Test