About Polymers and composite materials
Chemistry and Classification of Polymers – Properties of Thermo plastics – Properties of Thermosetting Plastics – Applications –Merits and Disadvantages Extrusion – Injection Moulding – Blow Moulding – Compression and Transfer Molding – Casting Thermo Forming General Machining properties of Plastics – Machining Parameters and their effect –Joining of Plastics – Mechanical Fasteners – Thermal bonding – Press Fitting. Fibres – Fabrication, Structure, properties and applications - Glass,Boron, carbon, organic, ceramic and metallic fibers whiskers– Matrix materials structure – polymers, – metals and ceramics – Physical and chemical properties Open mould process, bag moulding, compression moulding with BMC and SMC filament winding – pultrusion – centrifugal casting –injection moulding – structure, properties and application of PMC’s – Carbon Matrix Composites - Interfaces – Properties – recycling of PMC. Solid state fabrication techniques – diffusion bonding – powder metallurgy techniques plasma spray, chemical and physical vapor deposition of matrix on fibers Chemical vapor infiltration – Sol gel – liquid state fabrication methods – infiltration – squeeze, casting –rheo casting – compo-casting - Interfaces properties– application of MMC and ceramic matrix composites