MEE 825 - Theory of Plasticity

3 credit(s) Irregularly

Basic behavior of materials and formulation of laws governing plastic flows. Different inelastic behaviors of metals. Yielding and the yielding loci. Strain hardening laws. Complete stress-strain relations. Total strain theory and incremental strain theory. Plastic potential. Boundary value problems. Variational principles. Plastic anistropy.
PREREQ: MAE 721