MME 407
Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
2
Course Description
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
1. explain the mechanisms for mechanical behaviour of materials;
2. explain the similarities and differences in mechanical response within and between the
material classes; and
3. discuss stress, strain, tensors, elasticity, dislocations, strengthening mechanisms, high
temperature deformation, fracture, and fatigue.
Course Outline
Flow and fracture of solids; uniaxial stress-strain as a reference behaviour; theories of terminal
stability under impact; monotonic, sustained (creep), and repeated (fatigue) loadings of solids
under various states of stress.