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MEGR 3161
Engineering Materials –
Lecture Notes
Crystal Structures • Defects • XRD • Mechanical
Properties • Stress–Strain
• APF & Density
( 2025–2026 Study Year )
, Table of Contents
MEGR 3161 Engineering Materials – Lecture Notes
(2025–2026 Study Year)
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[ 1 ] Crystallographic Directions
● Steps for determining directions
● Projection into x, y, z
● Integer reduction
● Families of directions
● Worked examples: [T0], [0T1], [1T1]
● Crystallographic directions
[ 2 ] Crystallographic Planes (Miller Indices)
● Intercepts and reciprocals
● Reduction to smallest integers
● Negative index notation
● Families of planes
● Worked examples: (111), (230), (0T2)
● Miller indices
[ 3 ] Crystal Structures
● SC, BCC, FCC, HCP
● Coordination numbers
● Atomic packing factor (APF)
● Close‐packed directions
● Stacking sequences
● Summary table of structures
● Crystal structures