Readings

SES # TOPICS READINGS
Elasticity and Solid Mechanics
1 Course Outline

Material Behavior under Uniaxial Loading

Displacement and Strain

Stress and Equilibrium

Stress-­strain
(PDF)
2 Applications: Beam Bending, Buckling and Vibration  
3 Mechanisms of Elasticity and Viscoelasticity

(PDF)

4 Lab 1: Beam Bending, Buckling and Vibration  
5 3-D Linear Thermo-elasticity: Strain-displacement, Stress-strain-temperature, and Stress-equilibrium  
6 Simple States of Elastic Stress, Strain, and Displacement  
7 Lab 2: Engineering Polymers: Viscoelasticity, Strength, and Ductility  
8 Limits to Elasticity: Strength and Multi­-axial Yield Condition

Boundary Conditions and Boundary Value Problems
(PDF)
9 Elasticity of Composite Materials

Applications
 
10 Lab 3: Stress Concentration  
Plasticity and Creep
11 Uniaxial Elastic­-plastic Behavior

Elastic-­plastic Beam­-bending
 
12 Ideal Shear Strength

Dislocations
 
13 Lab 4: Sheet Bending  
14 Strengthening Mechanisms

Strain Hardening
 
15 Limit Analysis  
16 Lab 5: Heat Treatment  
17 Applications of Limit Analysis (PDF)
18 Quiz I  
19 High­-temperature Deformation: Creep and Stress Relaxation  
20 High-temperature Deformation Mechanisms

Resisting Creep
(PDF)
21 Lab 6: Project 1  
Fracture
22 Ideal Cleavage Strength

Stress Concentration and Cracks 
 
23 Crack-tip Stress Intensity Factors

Critical Stress Intensity 

(PDF)

24 Lab 7: Fracture Toughness  
25 Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM)   
26 Applications of LEFM 

(PDF)

27 Lab 8: Project 2  
Fatigue
28 Fatigue Crack Propagation

Defect-tolerant Fatigue Design and Maintenance 
 
29 Defect-free Fatigue Design: High-­cycle Fatigue  
30 Defect­-free Fatigue Design: Low-cycle Fatigue  
31 Lab 9: Project 3  
32 Applications: Strain-amplitude/Fatigue-life Behavior

Notch Effects in High-cycle Fatigue
 
33 Quiz II   
34 Lab 10: Project Presentations  
Material Selection for Design
35 Principles for Material Selection: Performance, Properties, and Constraints  
36 Optimization

Material Indices of Merit
 
37 Lab 11: Course Review (Optional)  
38 Final Exam