Course Outline



I. Deformation


  • Material responses to stresses (Hertzberg, Ch 1)
  • Plastic deformation in crystalline solids (Hertzberg, Chs, 2,3)
  • Strengthening mechanisms in metals (Hertzberg, Ch 4)
  • High temperature deformation of crystalline solids (Hertzberg, Ch 5)
  • II. Fracture


  • Overview of fracture (Hertzberg, Ch 7)
  • Elements of fracture mechanics (Hertzberg, Ch 8)
  • Microstructures and fracture (Hertzberg, Ch 10)
  • Fatigue of Engineering Materials (Hertzberg, Ch 12)
  • Fatigue crack propagation (Hertzberg, Ch 13)
  • Environment-assisted failure (Hertzberg, Ch 11)
  • Material failure case studies (Hertzberg, Ch 14)