MTE 556
Advanced Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Syllabus

Module #0 - preliminary information

Module #1 - Introduction

Module #2 - Tension test, stress vs. strain, common modes of loading

Module #3 - Stress-strain curves; empirical relationships for stress and strain; criteria for necking

Module #4 - Poisson’s ratio; elastic stress-strain relations; states of stress; notation for stresses

Module #5 - Stress at a point; tensors; transformation of stresses

Module #6 - Transformation of stresses in 2-d; Mohr's circle for stress in 2-d

Module #7 - Triaxial stresses; transformation of stress in 3-d; Mohr’s circle for stress in 3-d; yield criteria

QUIZ #1 (Modules 1-7)

Module #8 - Strain; strain deviator; Mohr’s circle for strain

Module #9 - Elasticity

Module #10 - Theoretical strength of materials

Module #11 - Defects in crystalline solids

Module #12 - Dislocation motion and dislocation interactions

Module #13 - Implications of dislocation motion and dislocation multiplication

Module #14 - Elastic properties of dislocations

QUIZ #2 (Modules 7-14)

Module #15 - Slip in crystals

Module #16 - Twinning

Module #17 - Yield point effects in crystals

Module #18 - Strengthening mechanisms - introduction

Module #19 - Work hardening

Module #20 - Solid solution hardening

Module #21 - Grain size hardening

Module #22 - Precipitation hardening

QUIZ #3 (Modules 15-22)

Module #23 - Composite materials

Module #24 - Fracture

Module #25 - Creep & superplasticity

Module #26 - Fatigue of materials

Module #27 - Polymeric materials

Module #9a - Polymer Elasticity

Module #28 - Irradiated materials

Module #2a - Hardness testing

Module #29 - Nanocrystalline materials

Module #30 - Martensitic transformations and deformation

Module #31 - Ordered materials

Other topics

QUIZ #4 (Modules 15-end)

 

CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM (Modules 1-end)

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