3.032 | Fall 2007 | Undergraduate

Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Lecture Notes

This page contains slides handed out to accompany the in-class lectures.

SES # Topics Lecture Notes
1 Introduction (PDF)
2 Force distributions (PDF)
3 Deformation under force (PDF)
4 Stress distributions in materials  
5 Strain and stress (PDF)
6 Pressure vessels  
7 Stress transformations (PDF)
8 Stress transformations: 2D - 3D  
9 Stress transformations: 3D  
10 Elasticity  
11 Continuum linear elasticity  
12 Linear elasticity  
13 Linear elasticity (cont.) (PDF)
14 Superelasticity (PDF)
15 Nonlinear elasticity  
16 Viscoelasticity  
17 Rubber elasticity (PDF)
18 Continuum plasticity  
19 Plasticity in crystals  
20 Plasticity in crystals (cont.) (PDF)
21 Plasticity in amorphous materials (PDF)
22 Controlling plasticity onset  
23 Controlling plasticity onset (cont.)  
24 Plasticity at surfaces (PDF)
25 EGs of engineering elastoplastic deformation mechanisms  
26 Time-dependent plasticity  
27 Time-dependent plasticity (cont.) (PDF)
28 Creep deformation mechanisms  
29 Designing against creep  
30 Continuum fracture  
31 Continuum fracture (cont.)  
32 Fracture in crystals (PDF)
33 Fracture in crystals (cont.)  
34 Fracture in amorphous materials  
35 Fatigue (PDF)
36 Fatigue (cont.) (PDF)
37 Fatigue (cont.) (PDF)

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