| Recommended Reading List |
Reading List1. W.F. Smith (1993) Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.2. R.W. Hertzberg (1996) Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials. Canada: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.3. P.P. Benham, R.J. Crawford (1991) Mechanics of Engineering Materials. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.4. J.B. Watchman (1996) Mechanical Properties of Ceramics. Canada: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.5. A.K. Kaw (1997) Mechanics of Composite Materials. USA: Chapman & Hall / CRC Press.6. M.F. Ashby, D.R.H. Jones (1993) Engineering Materials 1: An Introduction to their Properties and Applications. Oxford: Pergamon Press.7. M.F. Ashby, D.R.H. Jones (1992) Engineering Materials 2: An Introduction to Microstructures, Processing and Design. Oxford: Pergamon Press.8. F.L. Matthews and R.D. Rawlings (1994) Composite Materials: Engineering and Science. Oxford: Chapman & Hall. |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
Assessment methods and criteria: i) 2 Midterm Exam, ii) 1 Quiz and iii) 1 Final Exam. GRADING: MIDTERM EXAM I, Test, 20%; MIDTERM EXAM II, Test, 30%; QUIZ, Test, 10%; FINAL EXAM, Test, 40%. Goal:The aim of the course is to enable students to understand and evaluate: mechanical properties/behaviours, strengthening and toughening mechanisms, thermo-mechanical properties/behaviours, thermal stress/shock parameters and thermal properties/behaviours, fundamentals/principles of fracture mechanics, solutions/comments of example problems and industrial applications of metal, ceramic, polymer and composite materials. Additionally, the students have also been provided to have knowledge about the subjects of ASTM standards, test methods, dislocations, fatigue and creep. |
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