ENGR 322
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

Information
3 Credits
Available Winter/Spring terms
Lecture/Lab
OSU Catalog
 Prerequisites
ENGR 213
ENGR 321		 Contact
William Warnes
(541) 737-7016
303E Dearborn

Course Description

Mechanical behavior of materials, relating laboratory test results to material structure, and elements of mechanical analysis.

Topics

  • Dislocations
  • Strain hardening
  • Grain growth, recrystallization
  • Strengthening mechanisms
  • Steel metallurgy
  • Fracture and fatigue
  • Composite mechanics

Learning Outcomes

The student, upon completion of this course, will be able to:

  • Predict the changes in the mechanical behavior of materials due to thermo-mechanical processing based on underlying physical models.
  • Predict the effect of crystal defects on the mechanical properties of crystalline materials.
  • Quantitatively determine standard mechanical properties from plots of stress versus strain.
  • Assess and describe the mechanisms leading to failure when provided with a failure example with an unknown cause.
  • Conduct a meaningful hardness, tensile, and impact test and report the test results in a clear and useful manner.