MEC 543 - Plasticity

Stress and deformation of solids: yield criteria and flow rules for plasticity deforming solids; the notion of a stable inelastic material; static and dynamic analysis of plastic bodies under mechanical and thermal loading; use of load bounding theorems and the calculation of collapse loads of structures; the theory of the slip-line field.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): MEC 541

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

Offered Fall alternate years