Syllabus

Module – I (10 Hours)
Concept of texture in materials, Texture representation by pole figure and orientation distribution functions.

Module – II (10 Hours)
Texture measurement by different techniques: X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD).

Module – III (10 Hours)
Origin and development of textures during materials processing stages: solidification, deformation, annealing, phase transformation, coating processes and thin film deposition. Some important textures in fcc, bcc and hcp materials.

Module – IV (5 Hours)
Influence of texture on mechanical and physical properties of materials.

To understand the crystallographic texture in materials.

To understand the characterization of texture of materials.

To understand the development of textures in materials.

To understand the role of textures in different materials.

CO1: Understanding the crystallographic texture in materials.
CO2: Understanding the characterization of texture of materials.
CO3: Understanding the development of textures in materials.
CO4: Understanding the role of textures in FCC materials.
CO5: Understanding the role of textures in BCC materials.
CO6: Understanding the role of textures in HCP materials.

V. Randle and O. Engler, Introduction to Texture Analysis: Macro-texture, Micro-texture and Orientation mapping, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers

Bert Verlinden, Julian Driver, Indradev Samajdar and Roger D. Doherty, Thermo-Mechanical Processing of Metallic Materials, Elsevier Publications