Deformation of Construction Materials

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

Mechanical behavior of solid materials, ideal materials and mechanical models, State of stress, state of strain, Constitutive Equations, Viscoelasticity (Rheological models), Plastic behavior, Dislocations, Fracture criteria.

Weekly Schedule

1) Factors affecting strength loss
2) Mechanical behavior of solid materials, ideal materials and mechanical models.
3) State of Stress: Principles about tensors, principle stress and principle axis. Maximum shear stress.
4) State of strain
5) Constitutive Equations: Generalized Hooke's Law. Finite Strain.
6) Viscoelasticity (Rheological models).
7) Plastic Behavior: Plastic strains.
8) Dislocations: Yield strength of perfect crystal, types of dislocations, properties of dislocations, dislocation geometry, interactions of dislocations.
9) Midterm exam
10) Micro plasticity of single crystals. Plastic strain of polycrystalline metals.
11) Strengthening of metallic materials
12) True stress-strain diagram of steel.
13) Fracture criteria: Brittle behavior, ductile behavior, Tresca criterion, Von Misses criterion and The Griffith criterion.
14) Fracture criteria: Brittle behavior, ductile behavior, Tresca criterion, Von Misses criterion and The Griffith criterion.
15) Fracture criteria: Brittle behavior, ductile behavior, Tresca criterion, Von Misses criterion and The Griffith criterion
16) Final

Recommended or Required Reading

1- 1. Courtney T.H., Thomas, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1990 2. Hertsberg W., Richard, Deformations and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials, (3rd ed.), John Wiley&Sons, 1989.
2- 3. Mc Clintock and Argon, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Addison Wesley, 1966.
3- 1. Courtney T.H., Thomas, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1990 2. Hertsberg W., Richard, Deformations and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials, (3rd ed.), John Wiley&Sons, 1989.
4- 3. Mc Clintock and Argon, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Addison Wesley, 1966.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required