Mechanical Properties of Materials

Topics

• Wide range
• Metals and their alloys
• Ceramics
• Polymers
• Composites and foams
• Elasticity
• Plastic deformation and dislocation theory
• Strengthening mechanisms
• Thermally activated flow and creep
• Deformation under cyclic loading
• Fracture processes in both brittle and ductile materials
• Effect of temperature and fatigue on fracture