Syllabus
1. Vacancies, dislocations and volume defects
2. Thermal movement of crystals
3. Elastic deformation of crystals - Cauchy's crystal
4. Elastic properties of polycrystals
5. Plastic deformation - slip planes in different crystal structures
6. Theory of twinning, simple and pure shear
7. Work hardening models
8. Influence of experimental parameters on the deformation behaviour of materials
9. Instabilities of plastic deformation -Considčre condition, Lüders bands
10. Strength of materials
11. Elastic stress field around the crack tip
12. Crack growth, conditions of total failure, brittle and ductile fracture
Annotation
General description of crystal defects, Elastic properties of crystals, Plastic deformation of crystals,
Shear deformation, Theory of work hardening in metals, Fracture mechanics.