3.225
Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Materials
Fall 2007
Topics
- Elasticity: stress, strain, linear elastic behaviour; measurement of Young’s modulus
- Elasticity: generalized Hooke’s law, strain energy
- Elasticity: physical origin of modulus for crystalline and rubbery materials; control of modulus; composites
- Elasticity: thermo-elastic analysis of layered materials; Stoney’s formula for thin films on thick substrates
- Viscoelasticity: creep and relaxation tests; linear viscoelasticity; Boltzmann superposition principle
- Viscoelasticity: spring-dashpot models, time-temperature equivalence for amorphous polymers, role of diffusion
- Plasticity: plastic behaviour; data for yield strength; equations of plasticity: yield criteria
- Plasticity: dislocation mechanics
- Plasticity: mechanism of low temperature plasticity; temperature dependence of yield strength
- Plasticity: microstructural strengthening mechanisms
- Fracture: Griffith crack theory; stress analysis of cracks; crack-tip plastic zone size; measurement of fracture toughness
- Materials selection: optimization; material performance indices; materials selection charts; case studies
- Micro to macro: conductivity
- Electromagnetic waves in materials
- Wave-particle duality
- Fermi-Dirac, energy levels
- Bloch model, band gaps
- Metals and insulators
- Semiconductors
- Doping and conductivity
- p-n junctions
- Dielectrics and polarization
- Optical fiber properties
- Magnetic materials
Readings
- Hertzberg, Richard W. Deformation and Fracture Mechanics for Engineering Materials . 4th ed. New York, NY: Wiley, 1995. ISBN: 9780471012146.
- Livingston, James D. Electronic Properties of Engineering Materials . New York, NY: Wiley, 1999. ISBN: 9780471316275.
- Mechanical Behaviour of Materials reader (unavailable)
- Braithwaite, Nicholas, and Graham Weaver. Electronic Materials . Boston, MA: Butterworth, 1990. ISBN: 9780408028400.
- Buchanan, Relva. C. Ceramic Materials for Electronics: Processing, Properties, and Applications . New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, 1991. ISBN: 9780824781941.
- Hench, L. L., and J. K. West. Principles of Electronic Ceramics . New York, NY: John Wiley, 1990. ISBN: 9780471618218.
- Pierret, Robert. F. Semiconductor Device Fundamentals . Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996. ISBN: 9780201543933.
- Solymar, Laszlo, and Donald Walsh. Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials . 5th ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780198562818.
- Soboyejo, W. Mechanical Properties of Engineered Materials . New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, 2003. ISBN: 9780824789008.
- McClintock, Frank A., and Ali S. Argon. Mechanical Behavior of Materials . Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1966.
- Courtney, Thomas H. Mechanical Behavior of Materials . New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1990. ISBN: 9780070132658.
- Dowling, Norman E. Mechanical Behavior of Materials . 1st ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN: 9780135790465.
- Malvern, Lawrence E. Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1997. ISBN: 9780134876030.
- Nye, J. F. Physical Properties of Crystals . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1985. ISBN: 9780198511656.
- Hull, Derek, and T. W. Clyne. An Introduction to Composite Materials . 3rd ed. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780521381901.
- Ward, I. M. Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers . 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 1983. ISBN: 9780471900115.
- Hull, Derek, and D. J. Bacon. Introduction to Dislocations . 3rd ed. New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 1984. ISBN: 9780080287218.
- Davidge, R. W. Mechanical Behaviour of Ceramics . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1980. ISBN: 9780521293099.
- Broek, David. Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics . 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Springer, 1982. ISBN: 9789024726561.
- Lawn, Brian R. Fracture of Brittle Solids . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780521409728.
- Suresh, Subra. Fatigue of Materials . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780521570466.
- Gibson, Lorna J., and Michael F. Ashby. Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780521495608.
- SES #: 3 · TOPICS: Elasticity: physical origin of modulus for crystalline and rubbery materials; control of modulus; composites · READINGS: MBM chapter 3
- SES #: 5 · TOPICS: Viscoelasticity: creep and relaxation tests; linear viscoelasticity; Boltzmann superposition principle · READINGS: RWH chapter 6
- SES #: 7 · TOPICS: Plasticity: plastic behaviour; data for yield strength; equations of plasticity: yield criteria · READINGS: RWH chapter 2, MBM chapter 7
- SES #: 11 · TOPICS: Fracture: Griffith crack theory; stress analysis of cracks; crack-tip plastic zone size; measurement of fracture toughness · READINGS: RWH chapters 5, 7, MBM chapter 7
- SES #: 12 · TOPICS: Materials selection: optimization; material performance indices; materials selection charts; case studies · READINGS: Handout
- SES #: 14 · TOPICS: Micro to macro: conductivity · READINGS: JDL chapters 1-2
- SES #: 18 · TOPICS: Bloch model, band gaps · READINGS: JDL chapters 8-10
- SES #: 20 · TOPICS: Semiconductors · READINGS: JDL chapters 12, 13, 15, 16.1-16.4
- SES #: 22 · TOPICS: p-n junctions · READINGS: JDL chapters 16.8-16.9
- SES #: 23 · TOPICS: Dielectrics and polarization · READINGS: JDL chapter 3
- SES #: 24 · TOPICS: Optical fiber properties · READINGS: JDL chapter 4
- SES #: 25 · TOPICS: Magnetic materials · READINGS: JDL chapter 5
- JDL = Livingston, J. D. Electronic Properties of Engineering Materials . Wiley, 1999.
- RWH = Hertzberg, R. Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials . 4th ed. John Wiley, 1996.
- MBM = Mechanical Behavior of Materials reader (unavailable)
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.