Metallurgical Engineering
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Question 23
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Which one of the following crystal structure changes occurs during the transformation of mild steel from austenite to martensite?
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The figure shows a dislocation loop (shown by the solid circle), whose Burgers vector is
(shown by the horizontal arrow inside the dislocation loop). Identify the nature of the dislocation segment at locations p, q and r.The dash-dot lines show the horizontal and vertical diameters of the loop, and the arrow along the dislocation loop indicates the line vector.

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Match the concepts listed in Column I with the phenomena listed in Column II.
Column I | Column II
P. Peierls-Nabarro stress | 1. Yield point phenomenon
Q. Cottrell’s atmosphere | 2. Fatigue
R. Paris law | 3. Dislocation glide
S. Considère’s criterion | 4. Onset of necking
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Match the defects listed in Column I with the associated manufacturing processes listed in Column II.
Column I | Column II
P. Misrun | 1. Extrusion
Q. Earing | 2. Rolling
R. Alligatoring | 3. Casting
S. Chevron cracking | 4. Deep drawing
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Which one of the following processes is NOT involved in the sintering of a green compact of ceramic powders? Assume that sintering is performed without application of external pressure.
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If
, where
are not identically zero, then the values of
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If
,
, thenYour answerChoose one option.
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As shown in the figure, the right end of a slender, long solid cylindrical metal rod of thermal conductivity
, length
and diameter
(
) is in contact with an infinite liquid heat sink. At steady-state, the temperatures of the right end of the rod and the heat sink are
and
, respectively. If the convection heat transfer coefficient between the liquid heat sink and the right end of the rod is
, then what would be the temperature of the left end of the rod,
, at steady-state? Assume that there is no other heat loss. 
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Match the dimensionless numbers listed in Column I with their applications to transport phenomena listed in Column II. Column I: P. Reynolds number; Q. Schmidt number; R. Prandtl number; S. Biot number. Column II: 1. Momentum and mass transfer; 2. Momentum and heat transfer; 3. Convective and conductive heat transfer; 4. Laminar to turbulent flow.
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In a cubic lattice, what is the ratio of interplanar spacings of the (100), (110) and (111) planes? (Round off to two decimal places)
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