SUGGESTIONS for MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Prepared by Nayan Chandra Dutta
[A] BASICS OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS:
1. Basic knowledge of Strength of Materials is very essential
Stress Strain Diagram and explain its various points.
2. Thorough study of properties like hardenability, brittleness, toughness
and differences between them as direct questions come from here.
3. Corrosion and its mechanism, Corrosion Triangle and ways of
preventing corrosion.
4. Cast Iron and HSS and its various uses.
5. Questions related to various Crystal structures, co-ordination number,
average number of atoms, atomic packing factor calculation.
6. Pitting, Erosion, Corrosion and various differences amongst them.
[B] Ferrous Materials and Alloys
This is the main area for MCQ and SQ
1. Thorough knowledge of composition of various kinds of steels,
their properties and their respective uses.
2. Iron Carbon Diagram
Classify each and every region.
3. What is Alloy Steel ? Mention all alloying elements and their effect
after they are added to steel.
4. Knowledge of magnetic, diamagnetic, paramagnetic, hard magnetic
materials.
5. Go through the properties of special cutting tool materials like
diamond, stellites, tungsten carbide and ceramics.
6. Heat Resisting Steel (Low chances but still cover from here)
[C] Heat Treatment of Steel
1. Clear your fundamentals regarding heat treatment, purpose of heat
treatment, stages of heat treatment.
2. This topic will connect the previous topic and the questions will be
mixed.
3. Detailed description of HT processes like Normalizing, Hardening,
Austempering, and Annealing.
4. Different types of Hardening and their uses and the differences among
them.
5. TTT Diagram for eutectoid steel
[D] NON FERROUS MATERIALS AND ALLOYS
1. Non Ferrous Alloys and their requirements
2. Composition, Properties and uses of various types of Brasses,
Duralumin and Bronze.
3. Aluminum casting Alloys and Y- Alloy and why it’s required.
4. How is copper obtained and its properties and uses?
5. Bearing Materials.
[E] NON METALLICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS
1. What are plastics? Classify them and State their properties and
uses.
2. Extrusion, Calendaring and Injection Moulding Explain briefly
with a neat sketch.
3. Plastic processing methods and plastic fabrication methods.
4. Thorough study of composite materials, Explain with examples.
5. What is PVC ABS & FRP.
6. What are the different types of Rubber Explain briefly
7. Vulcanization of Rubber.
[F] NON Destructive Testing
1. Differentiate between Destructive and Non Destructive Tests.
2. What is Radiography, Ultrasonic Crack Detection and Dye
Penetration Tests?
3. Describe with a diagram any one NDT, use suitable sketch to
support your answer.
4. Importance of NDT and Importance of various types of
Radiography for the same( Explain them)
5. Magnaflux Testing (Extras)
