UNSW Handbook Course - Mechanical Properties of Materials

Mechanical Properties of Materials - MATS1262


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Materials Science and Engineering
	Contact: Bandyopadhyay,Srikanta
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 5
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

Description

Nature and significance of mechanical properties. Stress-strain relationships of metals, ceramics and polymers; oriented materials, textiles. Elasticity, anelasticity, plasticity, superplasticity. Young's modulus, Shear modulus, bulk modulus, Poisson's ratio. Creep, fatigue and visco-elasticity. Mechanical testing : tension, compression, hardness and impact tests. Stress and strain transformation. Mohr's circle. Fundamentals of stress analysis. Failure criteria. Application to materials' working processes.

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