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COURSE INFORMATION FOR CURRENT SEMESTER/TERM

Teaching Schedule

References/Teaching Materials/
Week Lecture/Tutorial/Assignment Topic
Equipment
1 Introduction to the mechanical behaviour and failure of engi- Lecture notes, Reference texts
neering materials.

2 Review of the concept of stress and strain Lecture notes, Reference texts

3 Lecture notes, Reference texts
Mechanical properties of materials

4 Lecture notes, Reference texts
Theory of plasticity (Part 1)

5 Lecture notes, Reference texts
Theory of plasticity (Part 2)

6 Lecture notes, Reference texts
Failure criteria for yielding

7 Fracture of cracked members Lecture notes, Reference texts

8 Lecture notes, Reference texts
Midterm test

9 Lecture notes, Reference texts
Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics

10 Lecture notes, Reference texts
Fatigue failure

11 Lecture notes, Reference texts
Fatigue crack nucleation approach

12 Fatigue crack propagation approach Lecture notes, Reference texts

13 Lecture notes, Reference texts
Time-dependent behaviour of materials

14 Lecture notes, Reference texts
Creep failure

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