Plasticity
3.0
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The theory of the inelastic behavior of metallic materials. Experimental background and fundamental postulates for the plastic stress-strain relations. Mechanisms of plastic flow; single-crystal and polycrystalline plasticity. Boundary value problems. Variational principles, uniqueness and the upper and lower bound theorems of limit analysis. Slip line theory. Dynamic plasticity and wave phenomena. Finite strain plasticity and instability.
Fall 2013
Professor: Jaafar El-Awady
Students praised this course for having a knowledgeable instructor, who covered a variety of topics related to plasticity. However, some students disliked that the course didn’t go into greater depth into some of the various topics that were touched upon in the lecture. Suggestions for improvement included adopting a single textbook that would correspond with lecture topics. Prospective students should know that a strong background in continuum mechanics was helpful for success in this course.