Mechanical Behavior of Materials

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: MECHENG 211; and fewer than two previous elections of MECHENG 382, including W & I; No OP/F. Minimum grade requirement of “C” for enforced prerequisite. (4 credits) Material microstructures, dislocations and defects; processing and mechanical properties of metals, polymers and composites; heat treatment of metals; elastic, plastic, and viscoelastic behavior of materials, strain hardening; fracture, fracture mechanics, fatigue and multiaxis loading; creep and stress relaxation; materials-related design issues, materials selection, corrosion and environmental degradation of materials.