Graduate

Credit Structure:  

Description :

Elastic and plastic stress waves. High strain rate testing methods. Plastic deformation at high strain rates. Constitutive equations for metals. Mechanics and microstructure of adiabatic shear band formation. Failure and fracture associated with dynamic loading. Civilian and military applications of high strain rate phenomena.

Course Objectives :

Prerequisites :

1. Structure of Materilas; Metals and Ceramics

2. Mechanical Properties of  Metals and Ceramics

3. Fracture Mechanics

Textbook :

None

References :

1. Meyers M. A., Dynamic Behavior of Materials, John Wiley & Sons, Inc 1994

2. Johnson W, Impact Strength of Materials, Edward Arnold, London 1972

Syllabus :

1. Stress Waves; Elastic and Plastic Stress Waves (3 weeks)

2. High Strain Rate Mechanical Testing Methods(1 weeks)

3. Plastic deformation at High Strain Rates(2 weeks)

4. Constitutive Equations(2 weeks)

5. Adiabatic Shear Bands(1 week)

6. High Strain Rate Fracture Mechanics(2 weeks)

7. Applications(2 weeks)

Computer Usage:

None 

Laboratory Work:

Microscopic observation of dynamically deformed metallic and ceramic materials.

Instructor:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Güden

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

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