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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2015/2016

LEVEL 2 Thermodynamics of Mechanical Responses: Enthalpic Response,
Entropic Response, Viscoelasticty
Yield and Plastic Flow: Multiaxial Stress states, Effect of Hydrostatic
SMES2205 STATISTICAL PHYSICS Pressure, Effect of rate and Temperature, Continuum Plasticity,

Summary of thermodynamics. Thermodynamics formulation in Dislocation basis of yield and creep, kinetics of creep in crystalline
statistical terms, application of canonical ensemble approach with materials
examples related to paramagnetic solid and specific heat capacity of Fracture: Atomistic of Creep Rupture, Fracture Mechanics- The energy
approach and the Stress intensity Approach ,Fatigue
solid, distribution of classical and quantum particles, Maxwell- Materials design for high performance mechanical materials for
Boltzmann distribution and the perfect classical gas, quantum perfect industrial and civil applications
gas, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions. Applications: phonon
in solid, photon and black body radiation, low temperature physics.
Shannon information theory, entropy, collective entropy, Assessment Method: 60%
Final Examination:
communication line. Continuous Assessment: 40%

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40% Medium of Instruction:
English

Medium of Instruction: Soft-skills:
English CS3, CT3, LL2

Soft-skills:
CS2, CT3, LL2 References:
1. Norman E. Dowling, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 3rd Edition
(2006)
References: 2. James A. Jacobs and Thomas, Engineering Materials Technology:
1. F. Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics
(Waveland Pr Inc, 2008) Structures, Processing, Properties, and Selection, 5th Edition
2. Silvio R.A. Salinas, Introduction to Statistical Physics (Springer, 3. Keith J. Bowman, Introduction to Mechanical Behavior of
2010) Materials, (2003)
3. R. Bowley and M. Sanchez, Introductory Statistical Mechanics SMEB2201 QUANTUM MECHANICS FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
(Oxford Science Publ., 2002)
4. F. Mandl, Statistical Physics, 2 ed. (Wiley, 1988)
nd
The foundations of quantum mechanics: Operators in quantum
SMEB2101 MAGNETIC AND SUPERCONDUCTOR PROPERTIES mechanics, The postulates of quantum mechanics, Hermitian
operators, The uncertainty principle, Matrices in quantum mechanics
OF MATERIALS Linear motion and the harmonic oscillator: the Schrodinger
equation, Translational motion, Penetration into and through barriers,
The course covers the bipolar and field effect transistor Basic concept Particle in a box, The harmonic oscillator
of magnetism: susceptibility, permeability, magnetic induction,
magnetization, magnetic moment. Rotational motion and the hydrogen: Particle on a ring, Particle on a
sphere, Motion in a Coulombic field
Diamagnetism: Angular momentum: The angular momentum operators, The
Paramagnetism: Curie constant, Curie–Weiss law, Hund’s rule definition of the states, The angular momenta of composite systems
Ferromagnetism: remanence, coercive field, hysteresis, Curie Introduction to group theory
temperature
Piezomagnetism; magnetostriction, magnetic domains; Kerr effect, Techniques of approximation: Time-independent perturbation theory
Barkhausen effect Atomic spectra and atomic structure: An introduction to molecular
structure, The Born-Oppenheimer approximation, Molecular orbital
Superconductor: Meissner Effect, London penetration depth, theory, Molecular orbital theory of polyatomic molecules
Josephson effect The calculation of electronic structure: Hartree-Fock self-consistent
Type of magnets and materials; Application of Magnetic materials
: Magnetic resonance imaging, hard discs, giant magnetoresistance, field method, Electron correlation, Density functional theory, Semi-
superconducting quantum interference device spintronics empirical methods, Molecular rotations and vibrations, Molecular
electronic transitions
Examples of state of art materials science problem in advanced
Assessment Method: industry and scientific world solved by above concepts
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Assessment Method:
Medium of Instruction: Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment:
40%
English

oft-skills: Medium of Instruction:
CS2, CT3, LL2
References: English
1. L.C. Cullity, C.D. Graham, Introduction to Magnetic Materials Soft-skills:
(Addison-Wesley,1972) CS2, CT3, LL2
2. University Joseph Fourier, Magnetism: Fundamentals, (Springer,
2004)
3. R.C. O’Handley, Modern Magnetic Materials Principles (Wiley- References:
Interscience, 1999) 1. D. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Prentice Hall,
2004)
4. M. Tinkham, Introduction to Superconductivity, 2nd ed. (Dover, 2. W. Greiner, Quantum Mechanics. An Introduction (Springer, 2008)
2004). 3. R. Scherrer, Quantum Mechanics An Accessible Introduction

SMEB2102 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (Pearson Int’l Ed., 2006)
4. Richard L. Liboff, Introductory Quantum Mechanics (Addison
Wesley, 2003)
Mechanical Response: Tensile Strength, Tensile Stress, Stiffness in 5. R. Eisberg & R. Resnick, Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules,
Tension, Young's Modulus. Poisson Effect, Shearing Stress and strain, Solids, Nuclei and Particles, 2nd ed (Wiley, 1985)
Stress-Strain Curve

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