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TAM 524 - Micromechanics of Materials
Last offered Spring 2025
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Detailed Course Description
Study of mechanics of materials with microstructures. Prerequisite: TAM 451 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. 4 hours.
Textbook:
Freund & Suresh, Thin Film Materials, Prentice-Hall.
Mura, Micromechanics of Defects in Solids, Springer
Topics:
Introduction (2 hr)
Review of necessary elements of mechanics (4 hr)
Elastic and thermal properties of heterogeneous materials: Maxwell and Voigt simple bounds; self-consistent field models; bounding approaches (16 hr)
Micromechanics of failure/damage: Constitutive behavior of materials with voids and cracks; localization of plastic flow; local failure mechanisms (12 hr)
Dislocation theory (8 hr)
Toughening mechanisms (4 hr)
Phase transformations (6 hr)
Current research topics in mechanics of materials (6 hr)
Midterm exam (2 hr)
TOTAL HOURS: 60
Schedule and Instructors
Title | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
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Micromechanics of Materials | C | 45824 | LCD | 4 | 1000 - 1150 | M W | 1047 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | Huseyin Sehitoglu |