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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 3.032 (Fall 2007) 
  • Course Title:
  • Mechanical Behavior of Materials 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Materials Science and Engineering 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Krystyn van Vliet
    Prof. John Vander Sande 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 3.032 Mechanical Behavior of Materials



    Fall 2007




    Course Highlights




    3.032 Mechanical Behavior of Materials



    Fall 2007


    A sharp probe has left a triangular indentation in a surface, shown using scanning electron microscopy.
    Examining a material's response to nanoindentation can lend insight to the microstructural and molecular determinants of its mechanical properties. (Image by Prof. Van Vliet and Dr. Catherine Tweedie.)


    Course Description


    Here we will learn about the mechanical behavior of structures and materials, from the continuum description of properties to the atomistic and molecular mechanisms that confer those properties to all materials. We will cover elastic and plastic deformation, creep, and fracture of materials including crystalline and amorphous metals, ceramics, and (bio)polymers, and will focus on the design and processing of materials from the atomic to the macroscale to achieve desired mechanical behavior. Integrated laboratories provide the opportunity to explore these concepts through hands-on experiments including instrumentation of pressure vessels, visualization of atomistic deformation in bubble rafts, nanoindentation, and uniaxial mechanical testing, as well as writing assignments to communicate these findings to either general scientific or nontechnical audiences.
     

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