Week - 1 |
Classification of Materials; Overview of Mechanical Properties; Strength; Modulus of Elasticity; Fracture Toughness; Fracture Surface Energy; Work of Fracture; |
Week - 2 |
Introduction to Mechanical Properties/Behaviours of Materials; ASTM Standards; |
Week - 3 |
Mechanical Properties/Behaviours of Metals; Stress and Strain: Concepts, Behaviour; Hooke’s Law; Elastic Properties of Materials; |
Week - 4 |
Elastic/Plastic Deformation; Tensile Properties; |
Week - 5 |
True and Engineering Stress-Strain; Hardness; Property Variability: Computation of average and standard deviation values; Design/Safety Factors; |
Week - 6 |
Mid-Term Exam 1; |
Week - 7 |
Summary: Dislocations, Strengthening mechanisms in metals, Recovery, Recrystallization and Grain growth; |
Week - 8 |
Mechanical Properties/Behaviours of Ceramics; Toughening Mechanisms in Ceramics; Test Methods; Weibull Modulus; |
Week - 9 |
Thermal Stress/Shock Parameters; Thermal Properties/Behaviours of Materials; Solutions of Example Problems; |
Week - 10 |
Mechanical Properties/Behaviours of Polymers; Mechanisms of Deformation and for Strengthening of Polymers; Mechanical Properties/Behaviours of Composites; Toughening Mechanisms of Composites; |
Week - 11 |
Mid-Term Exam 2; |
Week - 12 |
Failure; Fundamentals of Fracture: Ductile, Brittle, Transgranular and intergranular fracture; |
Week - 13 |
Principles of Fracture Mechanics: Stress concentration/profile at a crack, Griffith theory of brittle fracture, Fracture toughness; Impact Fracture Testing; |
Week - 14 |
Fatigue; Creep. |