This course is intended as a bridge between
introductory-to-intermediate materials science knowledge
and mechanical behavior of various crystalline and
amorphous systems (Junior or senior year students
could find it beneficial). It covers the influence of
microstructure on the mechanical behavior of materials
including metallic alloys, polymers and ceramics. The main
objective of the course is to describe the ways
in which microstructure and defects are exploited to
fabricate high-performance materials that are
applied to today's technologies ranging from aerospace to
toughened ceramics. The content includes and
is not limitied to stress-strain relations, elastic and
plastic deformation, dislocations, dislocation
interactions, work hardening, vacancies, interaction of
precipitates with defects, glass transition
in polymers, creep in materials, brittle fracture and
ductile fracture, case studies that span a wide
variety of phenomena including fatigue in alloys.
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