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Structure and Mechanics of Materials

4-0-8 units · Graduate

Explores structural characteristics of materials focusing on bonding types, crystalline and non-crystalline states, molecular and polymeric materials, and nano-structured materials. Discusses how the macroscale mechanical response of materials, and micro-mechanisms of elasticity, plasticity, and fracture, originate from these structural characteristics. Case studies and examples are drawn from a variety of material classes: metals, ceramics, polymers, thin films, composites, and cellular materials.

Spring 2008 · Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Here we will learn about the mechanical behavior of structures and materials, from the continuum description of properties to the atomistic and molecular mechanisms that confer those properties to all materials. We will cover elastic and plastic deformation, creep, fracture and fatigue of materials including crystalline and amorphous metals, semiconductors, ceramics, and (bio)polymers, and will focus on the design and processing of materials from the atomic to the macroscale to achieve desired mechanical behavior. We will cover special topics in mechanical behavior for material systems of your choice, with reference to current research and publications.

Readings

  • Courtney. Mechanical Behavior of Materials . 2nd ed. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press Inc., 2005. ISBN: 9781577664253.
    Required
  • Dieter, G. E. Mechanical Metallurgy . New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1986. ISBN: 9780070168930.
    Recommended
  • Dowling, N. Mechanical Behavior of Materials . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN: 9780135790465.
    Recommended
  • Landau, L. D., and E. M. Lifshitz. Theory of Elasticity . New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780080339177.
    Recommended
  • Love, A. E. H. A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity . New York, NY: Dover Publications, 1927. ISBN: 9780486601748.
    Recommended
  • Nye, J. F. Physical Properties of Crystals: Their Representation by Tensors and Matrices . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1985. ISBN: 9780198511656.
    Recommended
  • Bacon, D. J., and D. Hull. Introduction to Dislocations . New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 1984. ISBN: 9780080287201.
    Recommended
  • Hirth, J. P., and J. Lothe. Theory of Dislocations . Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN: 9780894646171.
    Recommended
  • Phillips, R. Crystals, Defects and Microstructures . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780521790055.
    Recommended
  • Andersen, T. L. Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications . New York, NY: CRC Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780849342608.
    Recommended
  • Hertzberg, R. W. Deformation and Fracture Mechanics for Engineering Materials . New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1995. ISBN: 9780471012146.
    Recommended
  • Lawn, B. Fracture of Brittle Solids . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780521409728.
    Recommended
  • Suresh, S. Fatigue of Materials . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780521570466.
    Recommended
  • Hibbeler, R. C. Mechanics of Materials . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 9780131913455.
    Recommended
  • Bedford, A. Statics and Mechanics of Materials . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN: 9780130285935.
    Recommended
  • *Note: There are many texts that treat various aspects of mechanical behavior. However, these texts tend to treat either the mechanics or the materials perspectives well, rather than integrating the two. Your lecture notes provide this integration, and we have placed on reserve the “best” textbook for specific topics.
    Recommended

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: 3.013 or permission of instructor G (Fall) Not offered regularly; consult department 4-0-8 units

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