DEFORMATION OF SOLIDS

MS&E 350

The basic structures and resulting properties of solid materials, including phase equilibria, meta-stability, mechanical properties, failure, corrosion, and materials selection.

EMA 611

Theory and use of servo-controlled, electro-hydraulic equipment for research of mechanical properties of engineering materials. Measurement of stress, strain, hysteresis energy, and material properties during deformation and at fracture. Analysis of four significant components of total strain.

MS&E 750

Mathematical theory of dislocations and other crystal imperfections; mechanical properties of crystals in relation to imperfections. Knowledge of crystal structure and dislocations [such asM S & E 551] required.

MS&E 530

Thermodynamics of condensed matters as applied to materials science and engineering.

EMA/ME 703

Physical foundations of plasticity as a basis for choices made in the formulation of theories representing plastic deformation and their limitation. Motion of dislocations and formation and growth of deformation twins. Experimental results in the context of plasticity models. Traditional and research topics of plasticity and theories for rate-independent, rate-dependent, single and polycrystal descriptions. Numerical solution of equations and computational plasticity. Knowledge of mechanics of materials [such asE M A 303or M E 306] and continuum mechanics [such as E M A 622] required.