| Elasticity and Solid Mechanics |
| 1 | Course Outline
Material Behavior under Uniaxial Loading
Displacement and Strain
Stress and Equilibrium
Stress-strain | |
| 2 | Applications: Beam Bending, Buckling and Vibration | |
| 3 | Mechanisms of Elasticity and Viscoelasticity | Homework 1 out |
| 4 | Lab 1: Beam Bending, Buckling and Vibration | |
| 5 | 3-D Linear Thermo-elasticity: Strain-displacement, Stress-strain-temperature, and Stress-equilibrium | |
| 6 | Simple States of Elastic Stress, Strain, and Displacement | Homework 1 due
Homework 2 out |
| 7 | Lab 2: Engineering Polymers: Viscoelasticity, Strength, and Ductility | |
| 8 | Limits to Elasticity: Strength and Multi-axial Yield Condition
Boundary Conditions and Boundary Value Problems | |
| 9 | Elasticity of Composite Materials
Applications | Homework 2 due |
| 10 | Lab 3: Stress Concentration | |
| Plasticity and Creep |
| 11 | Uniaxial Elastic-plastic Behavior
Elastic-plastic Beam-bending | |
| 12 | Ideal Shear Strength
Dislocations | Homework 3 out |
| 13 | Lab 4: Sheet Bending | |
| 14 | Strengthening Mechanisms
Strain Hardening | |
| 15 | Limit Analysis | Homework 3 due |
| 16 | Lab 5: Heat Treatment | |
| 17 | Applications of Limit Analysis | |
| 18 | Quiz I | |
| 19 | High-temperature Deformation: Creep and Stress Relaxation | |
| 20 | High-temperature Deformation Mechanisms
Resisting Creep | Homework 4 out |
| 21 | Lab 6: Project 1 | |
| Fracture |
| 22 | Ideal Cleavage Strength
Stress Concentration and Cracks | |
| 23 | Crack-tip Stress Intensity Factors
Critical Stress Intensity | Homework 4 due
Homework 5 out |
| 24 | Lab 7: Fracture Toughness | |
| 25 | Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) | |
| 26 | Applications of LEFM | Homework 5 due
Homework 6 out |
| 27 | Lab 8: Project 2 | |
| Fatigue |
| 28 | Fatigue Crack Propagation
Defect-tolerant Fatigue Design and Maintenance | Homework 6 due |
| 29 | Defect-free Fatigue Design: High-cycle Fatigue | |
| 30 | Defect-free Fatigue Design: Low-cycle Fatigue | |
| 31 | Lab 9: Project 3 | |
| 32 | Applications: Strain-amplitude/Fatigue-life Behavior
Notch Effects in High-cycle Fatigue | |
| 33 | Quiz II | |
| 34 | Lab 10: Project Presentations | |
| Material Selection for Design |
| 35 | Principles for Material Selection: Performance, Properties, and Constraints | |
| 36 | Optimization
Material Indices of Merit | |
| 37 | Lab 11: Course Review (Optional) | |
| 38 | Final Exam | |