Mechanical Behavior of Materials
ME 56900/ 3 Cr.
How loading and environmental conditions can influence the behavior of materials in service. Elastic and plastic behavior, fracture, fatigue, low- and high-temperature behavior. Introduction to fracture mechanics. Emphasis is on methods of treating these conditions in design.
Primary Track: Solid Mechanics & CAE, Materials
- Available Online: No
- Credit by Exam: No
- Laptop Required: No
Prerequisites/Co-requisites:
Prerequiste: ME 27200
Textbooks
Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Dowling, Pearson, 4th or latest Edition
Outcomes
- Explain the concepts of elastic, plastic, fatigue, fracture and creep behavior of materials
- Solve basic problems of finding stresses under various loading conditions
- Explain the plane strain, plane stress and 3D stress state concepts, and evaluate the principal stresses and strains
- Explain various failure theories for brittle and ductile materials and evaluate the conditions for failure
- Explain various defects in materials and the factors affecting the mechanical and failure behavior
- Use the concept of linear elastic fracture mechanics, and estimate the effect of cracks in materials and structures
- Explain the concept of fracture toughness and its use in engineering design
- Evaluate fracture toughness from various methods
- Explain the concepts of stress based fatigue, strain based fatigue, and fatigue crack-growth
- Evaluate fatigue life for materials using various methods
- Compare the mechanical, fatigue and fracture properties of materials
- Predict the fatigue failure properties of structures and materials
- Explain creep and stress rupture concepts for materials
- Analyze structures for stresses and deformations and predict failures
Topics
- Overview of mechanical behavior
- Elastic behavior
- Plastic behavior
- Fracture mechanics
- Fatigue and crack-growth behavior
- Composite material behavior
- Creep and stress rupture behavior