Mechanical Behavior of Materials is a subject of solid state physics, which is related to mechanical response to force. This course is designed for graduate students or senior undergraduate students who will design structural materials, optimize structural design in device, or evaluate materials reliability. In this course, we are particularly fascinated with microstructural change in materials under various force fashion. We will introduce to constitutive models to describe these behaviors. Moreover, many case study will be discussed in this course, providing linkage between practice and theory. We will go through the following topics: 1. Stress and Strain 2. Elastic Deformation and Plastic Deformation 3. Strengthening and Strain Hardening 4. Dislocation, Twinning, and Transformation (selection) 5. Fracture and Toughening 6. Creep, Fatigue or Hydrogen Embrittlement 7. Forming (selection)

Understanding mechanical behaviors of materials based on the change of materials inner space

Backgrounds in Materials Mechanics and Materials Science are required.

1. Marc A. Meyers, Krishan K. Chawla, “Mechanical Behavior of Materials”, Cambridge, 2009 2. Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 2nd edition: William F. Hosford;Cambridge University Press 2. Richard W. Hertzberg, “Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials”, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1996 3. R.W.K. Honeycombe, “The Plastic Deformation of Metals”, 2nd Edition, Edward Arnold, 1984 4. G. E. Dieter, “Mechanical Metallurgy”, McGraw-Hill, 1988 Norman E. Dowling, “Mechanical Behavior of Materials”, Prentice- Hall, 1999