Course Outline - Materials 101 - Winter 2003

Date		Topic	Reading A&J1, A&J2
Jan	6	Introduction - Mechanical Properties	A&J1: Chapter § 1
Jan	8	Elastic Properties - Bonding, Interatomic Potentials	A&J1: § 4
Jan	10	Crystal Structures, Atomic Packing	A&J1: § 5
Jan	13	Noncrystalline Solids, Polymers
Jan	15	Elasticity of Crystals	A&J2: § 22
Jan	17	Elasticity of Composite Materials	A&J1: § 3, 6
Jan	20	HOLIDAY - No lecture or discussion section	A&J1: § 6
Jan	22	Rubber Elasticity of Polymers	A&J2: § 23, Notes
Jan	24	Glass Transitions and Viscoelasticity of Polymers	A&J2: § 23, Notes
Jan	27	Plastic Deformation of Metals: The Tensile Test	A&J1: § 8, 11
Jan	29	Yielding under Multiaxial States of Stress, Hardness	Notes, A&J1: § 8
Jan	31	Crystal Defects on the Move: Dislocations	A&J1: § 9
Feb	3	Strengthening Mechanisms: Barriers to Dislocation Motion	A&J1: § 10, Notes
Feb	5	Phase Diagrams	A&J2: § 3, 4, App. I
Feb	7	Diffusion	A&J1: § 18; A&J2 § 5
Feb	10	Phase Transformations	A&J2: § 6, 8
Feb	12	MIDTERM EXAM
Feb	14	Strengthening by Phase Transformation (Fe-C Steels)	A&J2: § 11, 12
Feb	17	HOLIDAY - No lecture or discussion section
Feb	19	Strengthening by Phase Transformation (Al Alloys)	A&J2: § 7, 10
Feb	21	Strain Hardening and Recrystallization	A&J2: § 14
Feb	24	High T Deformation: Creep Phenomena	A&J1: § 17
Feb	26	High T Deformation and Rupture: Creep Mechanisms	A&J1: § 19
Feb	28	Brittle Fracture: Theory and Experiments	A&J1: § 13
Mar	3	Fracture Mechanics	A&J1 §14; A&J2 §18
Mar	5	Ductile-to-Brittle Transitions, Fracture of Polymers	Notes
Mar	7	Fatigue: Crack Initiation and Sub-Critical Propagation	A&J1: § 15
Mar	10	Wear: Mechanical Interaction of Surfaces	A&J1: § 25
Mar	12	Wear: Friction, Lubrication, Surface Modification	A&J1: § 26
Mar	14	Thermal Properties: Heat Capacity, Thermal Diffusivity, Thermal Expansion, Thermal Stresses	Notes
Mar	20	FINAL EXAM 12-3 pm