Syllabus

Philosophy of surface, broken bond concept, defects, general applications and requirements.
Surface Degradation: Basic principles of electrochemistry and aqueous corrosion processes Oxidation and related concept Mechanical Friction and Wear like abrasive, erosive and sliding wear etc. Interaction between wear and corrosion.
Surface engineering processes and their types.
Conventional heat treatment processes.
Electro deposition, Flame Spraying, Plasma spray, Physical vapour deposition, Chemical vapour deposition etc.
Laser and plasma techniques
Plastic deformation based surface engineering techniques, new coating concepts including multi-layer structures, functionally gradient materials, intermetallic barrier coatings and thermal barrier coatings. Industrial applications
Surface characterization, case studies

Students will be able to propose surface engineering techniques for target applications

CO1: Understand the surface structure and surface engineering basics
CO2: Study the types and mechanism of corrosion and oxidation damage
CO3: Analyse the types of wear
CO4: Understand and compare different conventional surface engineering techniques
CO5: Study and compare different advanced surface engineering techniques
CO6: Characterize the engineered surface and its applications.

T Burakowski and T. Wierzchon, Surface engineering of metals, CRC Press

A. W. Batchelor, L. N. Lam and M. Chandrasekaran, Materials degradation and its control by surface engineering, Imperial college press

S Grainger and J. Blunt, Engineering coatings, William Andrew Publishing

Vijendra Singh, Physical Metallurgy, Standard Publisher