Readings

Required Readings

Selections from the following texts are distributed to students via the course-exclusive Reader.

Hibbeler, R. C. Mechanics of Materials. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 9780131913455.

Bedford, A., and K. M. Liechti. Mechanics of Materials. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000. ISBN: 9780201895520.

Nye, J. F. Physical Properties of Crystals. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1985. ISBN: 9780198511656.

Meyers, M. A., and K. K. Chawla. Mechanical Behavior of Materials. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN: 9780132628174.

Hosford, W. F. Mechanical Behavior of Materials. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780521846707.

Ashby, M. F., and D. R. H. Jones. Engineering Materials 1. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996. ISBN: 9780750630818.

Callister, W. D. Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Webster's New World, 2004. ISBN: 9780471470144.

Beer, F. P., and E. R. Johnson. Mechanics of Materials. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1981. ISBN: 9780070042841.

Course readings.
SES #	Topics	Readings
1	Introduction
2	Force distributions	Hibbeler, pp. 10-15 Bedford & Liechti, pp. 1-21, Appendix D
3	Deformation under force	Bedford & Liechti, pp. 439-447, Appendix E
4	Stress distributions in materials	Beer & Johnston, pp. 271-301
5	Strain and stress	Bedford & Liechti, pp. 69-77, 250-254
6	Pressure vessels	Bedford & Liechti, pp. 221-227
7	Stress transformations	Bedford & Liechti, pp. 187-220
8	Stress transformations: 2D - 3D	Bedford & Liechti, pp. 187-220
9	Stress transformations: 3D
10	Elasticity	Nye, pp. 3-49
11	Continuum linear elasticity	Ashby & Jones, pp. 27-35 Meyers & Chawla, pp. 78-84
12	Linear elasticity	Meyers & Chawla, pp. 78-84
	Quiz 1
13	Linear elasticity (cont.)	Ashby & Jones, pp. 36-44, 58-60
14	Superelasticity	Hosford, pp. 372-375
15	Nonlinear elasticity	Hosford, pp. 182-185
16	Viscoelasticity	Hosford, pp. 247-251
17	Rubber elasticity	Meyers & Chawla, pp. 102-107
18	Continuum plasticity	Hosford, pp. 80-93
19	Plasticity in crystals	Callister, pp. 238-243 Meyers & Chawla, pp. 206-207
20	Plasticity in crystals (cont.)	Hosford, pp. 139-147, 158-166
21	Plasticity in amorphous materials	Meyers & Chawla, pp. 420-425
22	Controlling plasticity onset	Hosford, pp. 188-202 Callister, pp. 250-256
23	Controlling plasticity onset (cont.)	Callister, pp. 455-460
24	Plasticity at surfaces	Hosford, pp. 62-67, 39-49
25	EGs of engineering elastoplastic deformation mechanisms
	Quiz 2
26	Time-dependent plasticity	Meyers & Chawla, pp. 541-546
27	Time-dependent plasticity (cont.)
28	Creep deformation mechanisms	Meyers & Chawla, pp. 553-570
29	Designing against creep
30	Continuum fracture	Hosford, pp. 227-233, 240-241
31	Continuum fracture (cont.)
32	Fracture in crystals	Meyers & Chawla, pp. 381-384, 400-412
33	Fracture in crystals (cont.)
34	Fracture in amorphous materials
35	Fatigue	Meyers & Chawla, pp. 592-596, 602-615
36	Fatigue (cont.)	Meyers & Chawla, pp. 592-596, 602-615
37	Fatigue (cont.)
	Final exam (quiz 3)

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