Introduction (1 lecture)

• Types of Mechanical Behaviour; Relevance, Measurement, Data
• Macroscopic, Continuum Behaviour
• Physical Mechanisms Controlling Behaviour
• Material Design and Selection

Elasticity (5 lectures)

• Introduction
• Stress, Strain, Compliance and Stiffness Tensors
• Physical Origin of Elastic Moduli
• Rubber Elasticity
• Control of Modulus
• Composites, Thermoelastic Analysis of Multilayers
• Cellular Solids

Linear Viscoelasticity (3 lectures)

• Introduction
• Spring-Dashpot Models
• Dynamic Mechanical Measurements
• Time-Temperature Equivalence for Amorphous Polymers
• Mechanisms of Linear Viscoelasticity
• Viscoelasticity in Biomaterials

Plasticity (5 lectures)

• Introduction
• Equations of Plasticity
• Dislocation Mechanics
• Mechanism of Low Temperature Plasticity
• Microstructural Strengthening Mechanisms in Metals

Creep (2 lectures)

• Introduction
• Mechanisms of Creep Deformation
• Deformation Mechanism Maps
• Creep Fracture
• Material Design Against Creep

Fracture (3 lectures)

• Griffith Fracture Theory; Energy Release rate; Fracture Modes
• Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics: Plane Crack Problem
• Role of Crack Tip Plasticity; Plane Stress vs. Plane Strain
• Case Study: Laser Linking of Interconnects

Fatigue (3 lectures)

• Case Study: Fatigue Cracking in Boeing 747
• Fatigue: Stress-Life vs. Strain Life Approach
• Fatigue Crack Growth; Fatigue Striations

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