MEM 7664 Introduction to Plasticity 3.0 Credits
This course introduces the fundamentals of plasticity theory for engineering materials. Topics include stress and strain deviators; invariants and distortional energy; principal and octahedral stresses and strains; Tresca and von Mises yield criteria; yield surfaces and Haigh–Westergaard stress space; Lode’s stress parameter; subsequent yield surfaces; Prandtl–Reuss relations; work and strain hardening; stress–strain relations from the Tresca criterion; incremental and deformation theories; slip‑line fields, slip‑line equations, velocity equations, and slip‑line geometry; limit analysis; lower and upper bound theorems; simple truss and beam bending; and plasticity equations used in finite‑element methods.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: MEM 6601 [Min Grade: C] or MEM 660 [Min Grade: C]