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Built-up sections, design of plate girders, composite (steel and concrete) design, building connections, design of multi-story buildings, design of simply supported bridges.

Factors essential to the enhancement of durability of concrete and structures, designing for durability according to macro and micro climatic conditions, role of supplementary cementitious materials, super plasticizers, corrosion inhibitors, polymers, fibres and structures. Design and use of high strength lightweight concrete for off shore structures. Durable concrete repair.

Project course for non-thesis students.

The importance of materials science and engineering and material needs. The relation between structure, properties, and performance of materials' atomic structure, interatomic bonding, crystal structures, and imperfections in solids. Diffusion in solids. Mechanical properties, strengthening mechanisms and failure of materials. Phase diagrams, phase transformations and heat treatment processes. Materials selection and environmental issues.

The design process in the broad context of engineering enterprise, conceptual design including visualization, problem definition, information search, and project planning, intermediate design including modeling and simple analysis, decision making concepts, design documentation, teamwork and communication, use of computer tools in engineering design, case studies and examples from industry, engineering ethics.

Graphical, analytical and computer aided analysis and synthesis of basic mechanism, cam design, analysis and design of gears, gear trains.

Introduction to system concepts, modeling of lumped elements, free response of first and second order systems, forced response of first and second order systems, electrical/electromechanical and fluid systems, frequency response.

Integrated use of mechanical, electrical and computer systems for information processing and control of machines and devices, system modeling, electromechanics, sensors and actuators, signal processing and conditioning.

Second Law analysis of engineering systems, gas power cycles, Vapor and Combined power cycles, Refrigeration cycles, thermodynamic property relations, gas mixtures, gas vapor mixtures and air conditioning, chemical reactions.

Introduction to environmental issues related to engineering. Review of selected multilateral agreements and, in particular, review of the Montreal Protocol and Kigali Amendment with emphasis on compliance strategies and discussion of current status of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS). Current and future cooling technologies. Green, clean, efficient and climate friendly sustainable cooling. Management of ODS programs, good practices and safety issues.

Fluid Statics, introduction to fluid dynamics, conservation laws, Bernoulli equations, dimensional analysis and similitude, internal viscous flows, introduction to external flows.

Review of the fundamentals of engineering materials including ferrous alloys, nonferrous alloys and super alloys, ceramic materials (structure, applications and processing), composites (divisions, processing, strengthening mechanisms and properties), corrosion and degradation of materials, electrical properties of materials, thermal properties of materials, magnetic properties of materials, optical properties of materials, materials selection and design considerations, economic, environmental, and societal issues in materials science and engineering.

Meaning of design, design considerations, codes and standards, economics, safety, professional ethics, stresses due to Torsion, bending and shear forces (review), stress concentration, beams with asymmetrical sections, stresses in cylinders, press and shrink fits, curved members in flexure, contact stresses, deflection and stiffness (curved members, Castigliano's theorem), buckling, statistical considerations in design, limits and fits, selection of materials in design, fracture and propagation of cracks, design with steady loading (failure criteria), design with variable loading (fatigue and endurance limit, cumulative fatigue damage).

Principles of manufacturing processes including casting, metal forming, material removal, and joining, engineering and economic analysis of manufacturing processes.

Planning, scheduling, and control of projects using project management techniques including PERT and Gantt representations, management of organizations, goal setting, performance review and appraisals, budgeting, leadership and engineering project team building, computer applications of project management software.