Environmental Degradation and Surface Engineering

Week 1: Introduction to environmental degradation of materials, its classifications. Week 2:Failure analysis Week 3:Introduction to surface-initiated chemical degradation of material, its classification and examples. Week 4:Introduction to surface-initiated mechanical degradation of material, its classification and examples. Week 5:General approach on mitigation/prevention of surface-initiated failures Week 6:Characterization and Testing of Degraded surface Week 7:Surface engineering approaches for prevention of environmental degradation of components-Part 1: Machining Week 8:Surface engineering approaches for prevention of environmental degradation of components-Part 2: Heat Treatment based techniques Week 9:Surface engineering approaches for prevention of environmental degradation of components-Part 3: Physical Route Week 10:Surface engineering approaches for prevention of surface-initiated failures -Part 4- Chemical/Electro-chemical Routes Week 11:Surface engineering approaches for prevention of surface-initiated failures -Part 5- Melting Routes Week 12:Examples of prevention of surface-initiated failures and Future scope of research.