GOJAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI-52

CYCLE TEST-II -FEBRUARY-2019 (SET A)

BRANCH: B.E /AERONAUTICAL DATE: 27/02/2019
YEAR/SEM: III/VI TIME: 9.45-12.45PM
SUB.NAME: AIRCRAFT MATERIALS AND PROCESSES MAX.MARKS:100
SUB.CODE: AE6404 NO.OFCOPIES:15
STAFF NAME: THANDIAL SELVAM T

PART-A (10x2=20 Marks)

1. What are the requirements of materials for aerospace application?
2. Define miller indices.
What are the miller indices of a plane in the cubic structure that intersects the x axis at ½
3.
unit and y axis at 1 unit and is perpendicular to xy plane?
4. Name the different crystal systems.
5. What is strain hardening?
6. What is the effect of movement of dislocation on mechanical properties of materials?
7. Define endurance Limit. What is its significance?
8. Composite materials are nowadays replacing many metallic materials. Give reasons?
9. Low carbon steels are called as non-heat treatable steels. Why?
10. What are the various types of heat treatment?
PART-B (5x13=65Marks)

11. a) Briefly describe about atomic structure of materials.

(Or)
b) Describe in detail about crystal structure of solid material.
12. a) How miller indices is helpful in defining planes and directions in a crystal.
(Or)
b) Describe about different types of imperfections in crystals.

13. a) i) What is upper plasticity? Explain super plastic forming of aluminium alloys.
ii) Describe different heat treatment processes available for aluminium alloys and
state their respective purposes.
(Or)

b) Write notes on the following topics

i) Corrosion and different types of corrosion.
ii) Stress corrosion cracking.
iii) Corrosion resistance materials used for air and space vehicles and their
properties.
14. a) With the help of neat stress-train curve, contrast the mechanical behaviour of
brittle and ductile material in a tensile test.
(Or)

b) i) Explain the Bauchinger’s effect in the mechanical behaviour of a material

ii) What are the typical elastic constants of a metal? How these constants are
experimentally determined?
15. a) Explain about X ray diffraction method used to examine crystal imperfection

(Or)
 b) Distinguish between brittle fracture and ductile fracture.

PART-C (1x15=15Marks)
16. a) Explain the following heat treatment processes in detail.
i) Annealing
ii) Normalising
(Or)
b) Explain the following heat treatment processes in detail.
i) Tempering
ii) Hardening
 GOJAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY, CHENNAI-52
CYCLE TEST-II -FEBRUARY-2019 (SET B)
BRANCH: B.E /AERONAUTICAL DATE: 27/02/2019
YEAR/SEM: III/VI TIME: 9.45-12.45PM
SUB.NAME: AIRCRAFT MATERIALS AND PROCESSES MAX.MARKS:100
SUB.CODE: AE6404 NO.OFCOPIES:15
STAFF NAME: THANDIAL SELVAM T
PART-A (10x2=20Marks)
1. Classify solids and give examples for them.
2. Define physical metallurgy
3. List out different crystal imperfections.
4. Define Bauchinger’s effect
5. Define endurance limit. What is its significance?
6. State the types of corrosion.
7. Define quenching.
8. How low carbon steels are hardened?
9. Distinguish between ceramics plastics with composites.
10. State different phases of iron carbon alloy system.
PART-B (5x13=65Marks)

11. a) What are the defects that could possibly present in a crystals?
(Or)
b) How do you identify directions and planes in a crystal?

12. a) Explain the following

(i) Starin hardening
(ii) Fatigue
(iii) Creep
(Or)
b) i) Explain in detail about Bauchinger’s effect.
ii) Make a comparison between metals, ceramics, polymer and composites
13. a) Explain in detail about flaw detection in material and aircraft components.
(Or)
b) How material properties are determined experimentally?
14. a) Define corrosion. Explain in detail about its types.
(Or)
b) Explain in detail about equilibrium phase diagram of iron carbon alloy system.
15. a) Why medium and high carbon steels are heat treated? And explain annealing and
normalising processes.
(Or)
b) Explain in detail, how low carbon steels are hardened?
 PART-C (1x15=15Marks)
16. a) i) Derive and show that packing efficiency of FCC crystal structure is more than
BCC crystal structure.
ii) List the general requirements of materials used in aerospace applications
(Or)
b) Explain in detail about two different types of fracture.