Mechanical Properties of Engineering Materials 1

The subject starts with a review of experimental techniques for characterisation of mechanical properties, where the main focus is on the simple tensile test. Next the basic mechanisms of flow phenomena and deformation hardening in metallic materials and polymers are treated. Based on simple dislocation models the relations between microstructure and mechanical properties of metals are considered. For the case of polymers the basic mechanical models for visco-plasticity and rubber-plasticity are related to various microstructures.

The subject aims to give an introduction to the basic strengthening mechanisms of industrial important materials, emphasizing metals and polymers.

Lectures and exercises. At delayed exams (continuation exam) the written examination may be replaced by an oral examination