Undergraduate

Credit Structure: (3-0)3

Catalog Description :

Course Objectives :

The goals of this course are to provide an introduction to the mechanical behavior of  engineering materials including metals, ceramics, polymers and their composites.  The student will have familiarity with the basic mechanics of elastic and plastic deformations, strengthening, fracture and  mechanical testing methods.

Prerequisites :

1. Basic mechanics

2. Materials science

Textbook(s) :

G.E. Dieter, Mechanical Metallurgy, 3/E, McGraw-Hill, 1988.

References :

1. Meyers A. M. And Chawla K. K., Mechanical Metallurgy, Prentice-Hall, Inc.,1984. 

2. Hertzberg R. W. Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials,  John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Syllabus :

1.      Elastic and plastic deformation  behavior of solids (1week)

2.      Plastic deformation of single crystals (1 week)

3.      Dislocation mechanics (2 week)

4.      Strengthening mechanisms in metals (2 week)

5.      Deformation of Amorphous Materials (1 week)

6.      Fracture mechanics of  ductile (metals) and brittle (ceramics) materials  (1 week)

7.      Fatigue (1 week)

8.      Creep (1 week)

Mechanical testing methods (2 week)

Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:

Computer Usage:

None

Laboratory Work:

Tensile, bending and microhardness tests on ductile and brittle materials.  Microscopic observation of microstructure of common engineering materials (metals, polymers and ceramics) using optical and electron microscopes.

Coordinator:

Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Güden

Faculty of Engineering, İzmir Institute of Technology, Urla 35430 IZMIR TURKEY

phone +90-232-750-7800   fax +90-232-750-7890