MatSE 406: Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Materials

  • Dallas Trinkle: dtrinkle, 4-6519, 202A MSEB.
    Office hours: T 4:00-5:00, W 1:00-2:00.
    Appointments: MTW 5:00-6:00 or other time.
  • Matt Menke: smenke2.
    Kyle Kantarek: kkantar2
    Office hours: MSEB 408F: M 3:00-4:00, T 10:00-11:00, W 5:00-6:00, or other time by appointment.
    Ceramics 218: R 1:00-1:50
    MSEB 4101: F 1:00-1:50
Date Topic Course materials* Due dates
T Aug. 25 Material structure (review; Ch. 1)    
R Aug. 27 Linear elasticity (Ch. 2) presentation slides , notes
HW1 		 
T Sep. 1 Linear elasticity (Ch. 2) presentation slides , notes  
R Sep. 3 Linear elasticity (Ch. 2) text , notes presentation slides , notes
HW2 		HW1 due
HW1 soln
T Sep. 8 Linear elasticity (Ch. 2) presentation slides , notes  
R Sep. 10 Linear elasticity (Ch. 2) presentation slides , notes
HW3 		HW2 due
HW2 soln
T Sep. 15 Polymer behavior (Ch. 2)
More information on crazing 		presentation slides , notes  
R Sep. 17 Viscoelasticity (Ch. 2) presentation slides , notes
HW4 		HW3 due
HW3 soln
T Sep. 22 Composites (Ch. 15) presentation slides , notes  
R Sep. 24 Composites (Ch. 15) presentation slides , notes
HW5 		HW4 due
HW4 soln
T Sep. 29 Composites (Ch. 15) presentation slides  
R Oct. 1 Plasticity (Ch. 3) presentation slides , notes HW5 due
HW5 soln
T Oct. 6 Exam 1 (Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 15) 11:00am-12:20pm
Everitt 151
Exam 1 soln
R Oct. 8 Defects (Ch. 4)
Reading: Hull and Bacon 		presentation slides , notes
edge glide movie
crystal structures / Miller indices
HW6 		 
T Oct. 13 Dislocations (Ch. 4)
Supp. reading: Hull and Bacon 		presentation slides , notes  
R Oct. 15 Dislocations (Ch. 4)
Supp. reading: Hull and Bacon 		presentation slides , notes
HW7 		HW6 due
HW6 soln
T Oct. 20 Dislocations (Ch. 4)
Supp. reading: Hull and Bacon 		presentation slides , notes
dislocation cut by screw 		 
R Oct. 22 Dislocations (Ch. 4)
Supp. reading: Hull and Bacon 		presentation slides , notes
HW8 		HW7 due
HW7 soln
T Oct. 27 Geometry of deformation (Ch. 6) presentation slides , notes  
R Oct. 29 Work-hardening (Ch. 6) presentation slides , notes
HW9 		HW8 due
HW8 soln
T Nov. 3 Strengthening (Ch. 10) presentation slides , notes  
R Nov. 5 Strengthening (Ch. 10) presentation slides , notes
HW10 		HW9 due
HW9 soln
T Nov. 10 Strengthening (Ch. 5) presentation slides , notes  
R Nov. 12 Strengthening (Ch. 5) notes HW10 due
HW10 soln
T Nov. 17 Exam 2 (Ch. 3-6, 10) 11:00am-12:20pm
Everitt 151
equation sheet
R Nov. 19 Creep (Ch. 13) presentation slides , notes  
== Thanksgiving break ==
T Dec. 1 Fracture (Ch. 7)   HW11  
R Dec. 3 Toughening (Ch. 8)    
T Dec. 8 Materials selection and design   HW11 due
R Dec. 17 Final exam (comprehensive) 1:30-4:30pm
Location TBA
* 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.