Metals: Cast irons (Forming, casting, cast iron types; properties and applications), Ferrous and non-ferrous alloys (Heat treatment, effect of carbon on iron in terms of microstructure and mechanical properties; Tensile testing of various metals and rubber).
Polymers: structures, processing, properties and applications.
Ceramics: structures, processing, properties and applications.
Bonding: types of bonding and their effect on various properties.
Calculation of mechanical properties of metals, polymers and ceramics: Tensile and Yield Strengths, 3- and 4-Point bend (fracture) strength, Young’s modulus, % Elongation and% Reduction in area.
Rocks, Soils and Aggregates: Rocks (cycles, types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic, classification; structural geology: folds and faults), and soils (characteristics and classification including Atterberg limits, formation: erosion and ground water), and Aggregates (properties, grading and determination).
Concrete: properties, microstructure, determination, admixtures, strength, moisture related movement, permeation, durability, `labcrete` and `realcrete`, concrete mix design.
Timber and Masonry: Timber (types, characteristics, engineering properties and application, and Masonry (types, characteristics, engineering properties and application).
Sustainability: energy intensive materials, industrial by-products, waste materials, re-use of materials. European and British Codes of Practice.
Mechanics of Materials:
Forces: definition, resultant force, components of force, moment, equivalent force.
Stress and strain: elastic modulus, shear force and bending moment.
Structures: support reactions for statically determinate structures.
Tension and compression: elastic behaviour of bar in tension/compression.
Pin-jointed frames: external and internal forces.
Bending moment and shear force diagrams: statically determinate beams subject to point and distributed loads.
First and second moments of area: Bending stress due to bending moment.
Beam deflections: Macaulay`s method for integrating the expression for bending moment.