MatSE 406: Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Materials

  • Dallas Trinkle: dtrinkle, 4-6519, 202A MSEB.
    Office hours: W 3:00-4:00, R 1:00-2:00.
    Appointments: MTW 5:00-6:00 or other time.
  • Joe Brom: jbrom2.
    Patrick Coyle: pcoyle2.
    Office hours: MSEB 408F: M 5:00-6:00, T 2:00-3:00, W 2:00-3:00; or other time by appointment.
    Ceramics 218: F 12:00-2:00
Date Topic Course materials*
T Aug. 26 Material response (Ch. 1) presentation slides , notes
R Aug. 28 Linear elasticity (Ch. 2) presentation slides , notes
HW1 , HW1 soln
T Sep. 2 Linear elasticity (Ch. 2) presentation slides , notes
R Sep. 4 Linear elasticity (Ch. 2)
Reading: text , notes 		presentation slides , notes
HW2 , HW2 soln
T Sep. 9 Linear elasticity (Ch. 2) presentation slides , notes
R Sep. 11 Linear elasticity (Ch. 2) presentation slides , notes
HW3 , HW3 soln
T Sep. 16 Polymer behavior (Ch. 2; 8.6)
More information on crazing 		presentation slides , notes
R Sep. 18 Viscoelasticity (Ch. 2) presentation slides , notes
HW4 , HW4 soln
T Sep. 23 Composites (Ch. 6) presentation slides , notes
R Sep. 25 Composites (Ch. 6) presentation slides , notes
HW5 , HW5 soln
T Sep. 30 Composites (Ch. 6)
R Oct. 2 Exam 1 (Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 6) 7:00-9:00pm
213 Gregory Hall
T Oct. 7 Dislocations (Ch. 3)
Reading: Hull and Bacon
R Oct. 9 Dislocations (Ch. 3) HW6
T Oct. 14 Dislocations (Ch. 3)
R Oct. 16 Dislocations (Ch. 3) HW7
T Oct. 21 Dislocations (Ch. 3)
R Oct. 23 Plasticity (Ch. 4) HW8
T Oct. 28 Plasticity (Ch. 4)
R Oct. 30 Plasticity (Ch. 4) HW9
T Nov. 4 Strengthening (Ch. 5)
R Nov. 6 Strengthening (Ch. 5) HW10
T Nov. 11 Strengthening (Ch. 5)
R Nov. 13 Strengthening (Ch. 5)
T Nov. 18 Strengthening (Ch. 5)
R Nov. 20 Exam 2 (Ch. 3, Ch. 4, Ch. 5) 7:00-9:00pm
217 Gregory Hall
== Thanksgiving break ==
T Dec. 2 Creep (Ch. 7)
R Dec. 4 Fracture (Ch. 9) HW11
T Dec. 9 Toughening (Ch. 10)
W Dec. 17 Final exam 8:00-11:00am
* All course materials are copyright of D. R. Trinkle, and are for the use of my current students. Any and all other use must be approved and acknowledged. Please contact D. R. Trinkle.

Scope

The course addresses the fundamentals of elastic, viscoelastic and plastic deformation of materials; composite behavior; the elementary theory of statics and dynamics of dislocations; strengthening mechanisms; fracture, fatigue, and creep; and fundamentals of thermal behavior (heat capacity, thermal expansion, conductivity, and the effects of thermal stresses). While atomistics of thermal behavior are discussed elsewhere, this course is concerned with the effects on properties and giving a general knowledge of the mechanical properties of materials. It connects underlying microscopic mechanisms to macroscopic material behavior, with the goal of controlling or coping with that behavior.

Objectives

Students will be able to explain how fundamental microscopic physical mechanisms produce macroscopic mechanical and thermal behavior of materials. Students will calculate mechanical and thermal behavior for a variety of realistic problems. Moreover, students will be able to apply empirical and theoretical models to novel engineering questions.