Mechanics and Materials - Tentative Outline | Weekly Schedule | 10/9/97 |
| Total Classes (75 min) | 59 | ||
| 1 | Introductory Materials Science | Atomic Structure, Bonding | 2 |
| 2 | Scalars, Vectors, and Matrices | Properties of Vectors and Matrices and Their Use in Mechanics; Forces and Moments | 2 |
| 3 | Crystal Structure | Bravais Lattices, Miller Indices, Crystallography, X-ray Diffraction | 4 |
| 4 | Point, Line, & Volume Defects | Point Defects, Dislocations, Grain Boundaries | 1 |
| 5 | Fundamental Principles of Mechanics | Principles of Equilibrium and Examples of Basic Mechanics in Industry | 1 |
| 6 | Modeling of Structures | 3-D Joints, Pins, Supports, Cables, and Trusses | 6 |
| 7 | Concepts of Stress and Strain | Stress and Strain Tensors, Normal and Shear Components | 2 |
| 8 | Mechanical Behavior of Materials - Mechanics | Stress-Strain Curves, Isotropy, Anisotropy, Science of Materials, and Constitutive Relationships | 6 |
| 9 | Mechanical Behavior of Materials - Microstructural Response to Loading | Tension, Compression, Shear; Elastic Behavior - Stress, Strain, Elastic Modulus, Shear Modulus, Poisson's Ratio, Stiffness, Yield Strength, UTS Plastic Behavior - Plastic Deformation, Slip Systems, UTS, Necking, Toughness, Hardness, Fracture, Fatigue, Creep (defect and dislocation motion) | 5 |
| 10 | Metals | Heat Treatments, Phase Equilibria, Diffusion, Strengthening Mechanisms, Processing | 5 |
| 11 | Ceramics | Structure, Processing, Properties | 2 |
| 12 | Polymers | Structure, Processing, Properties | 2 |
| 13 | Torsion | Theory of Torsion, Twisting Moments, and Boundary Conditions | 4 |
| 14 | Bending | Theory of Bending, Loadings, Boundary Conditions, Deflections and Singularity Functions | 6 |
| 15 | Transformation of Stress and Strain | Mohr's Circle, and Combined Loadings | 2 |
| 16 | Composites | Materials Science, Processing | 1 |
| 17 | Mechanics of Composites | Rule of Mixtures, etc. | 2 |
| 18 | Corrosion | Corrosion, Passivation, Galvanic Series | 1 |
| 19 | Special Topics | Thin Walled Pressure Vessels, Inelastic Behavior, and Buckling | 3 |
| 20 | Metallography and Microscopy | Sample Preparation, Limitations | 2 |