Theory of Plasticity I

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: MECHENG 511. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Fundamentals of plasticity; stress-strain relations, yield criteria and the general behavior of metals and nonmetals beyond proportional limit in the light of experimental evidence. Various approximate theories with emphasis on the theory of plastic flow. Application to problems of bending, torsion, plane strain and plane stress, technological problems.