Course11210400243 lectures
Material Selection for Mechanical Design
Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya · IIT Kanpur
About
Material selection is the core in any mechanical system design, integrating performance, manufacturability, cost, sustainability, and reliability. Modern engineering systems—from lightweight aerospace structures and robotic mechanisms to biomedical devices and energy systems—demand systematic, quantitative, and defensible material choices rather than ad-hoc selection based on familiarity.
The course emphasizes engineering decision-making, not materials science alone. Students will learn how to translate functional requirements into material indices, screen large material databases, and make trade-off-based selections for real mechanical components.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of Nature and Properties of Materials
Lectures
Week 1
- Lecture 01: Materials Selection in Mechanical Design
- Lecture 02: Attributes of Material - a case study
- Lecture 03: Attributes of Material through Case Study : Part-02
- Lecture 04: Attributes of Material through Case Study : Part-03
Week 2
- Lecture 05: Mechanical Properties of Materials Relevant to Design - Part-01
- Lecture 06: Mechanical Properties of Materials Relevant to Design-Part-01
- Lecture 07: Mechanical Properties of Materials Relevant to Design-Part-02
- Lecture 08: Mechanical Properties of Materials Relevant to Design-Part-02
- Lecture 09: Mechanical Properties of Materials Relevant to Design-Part-03
- Lecture 10: Mechanical Properties of Materials Relevant to Design-Part-03
Week 3
- Lecture 11: Density, Specific Properties & Lightweight Design
- Lecture 12 - Part A: The Role of Crystal Structure - II
- Lecture 12 - Part B: The Role of Crystal Structure - III
- Lecture 13: Metals - I (Ferrous alloys)
Week 4
- Lecture 14: Part A - Product Design with Metals (Non-Ferrous alloys)
- Lecture 14: Part B - Strengthening & Corrosion in Metals
- Lecture 15: Part A - Material Selection for Lightweight Vehicles using Ashby Charts
- Lecture 15: Part B - Material Selection for Lightweight Vehicles using Ashby Charts - Part - II
Week 5
- Lecture 16: Part A - Materials Selection for Polymers & Composites
- Lecture 16: Part B - Materials Selection for Polymers & Composites
- Lecture 17: Part A - Polymer Mechanical Properties Part-II
- Lecture 17: Part B - Composite Materials - I (Introduction)
Week 6
- Lecture 18: Composite Materials - II (Introduction)
- Lecture 19: Part A - Ceramics - I
- Lecture 19: Part B - Ceramics - II
- Lecture 20: Smart materials - I (Introduction)
Week 7
- Lecture 21: Magneto strictive Smart Materials (Introduction)
- Lecture 22: Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (Introduction)
- Lecture 23: Shape Memory Alloys (Introduction)
Week 8
- Lecture 24: Actuator & Sensory Devices
- Lecture 25: MEMS Devices
- Lecture 26: Material selection for Actuators of Robotic Gripper (Case Study)
Week 9
- Lecture 27: Shape Factor in Material Selection & Design
- Lecture 28: Material selection for Mechanical Systems
Week 10
- Lecture 29: Material selection for Mechanical Systems
- Lecture 30: Material Selection for Liquid Storage
Week 11
- Lecture 31: Material Selection for Dynamic and Multiphysics Mechanical Systems
- Lecture 32: Material Selection for Dynamic and Multiphysics Mechanical Systems
Week 12
- Lecture 33: Material Selection: Suspension Design: Introduction Kelvin Voight Model Coulomb damper
- Lecture 34: Material Selection: Suspension Design: Introduction Kelvin Voight Model Coulomb damper
- Lecture 35: Material Selection: Suspension Design: Pneumatic System and Active Suspension
- Lecture 36: Aesthetics and Material Selection
- Lecture 37: Metastructures & Metamaterials: Introduction Basic Formulation - Application
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Kanpur
- Department
- Mechanical Engineering
- Teacher
- Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Engineering
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
- Attribution
- NPTEL states: "Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike / CC BY - NC - SA", beside a BY-NC-SA badge.
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