Course: MSE 527/L. Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Lab (2/1)
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Corequisite: 527L. Relationships between mechanical behavior and materials structure. Elements of creep and fracture of metals, ceramics and composites. Introduction to linear-elastic fracture mechanics and its application to design and environmentally-assisted cracking lab methods for evaluating structural property relationships; fracture toughness measurements; and engineering applications to the design of structures and pressure vessels. Fatigue analysis and failure analysis methods. 2 hours lecture-discussion, 3 hours lab per week. (Design units: 1.0)