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ME 6: Materials

Structure and elasticity, plasticity and dislocations, strengthening, fracture, fatigue and creep.

Structure and elasticity, plasticity and dislocations, strengthening, fracture, fatigue and creep. Free courses and textbooks, a self-check for every unit, and a build you can rerun, confirmed by people. Course 6 of the Varsity Curriculum: Mechanical Engineering.

Part of: Mechanical Eng. · Proves for: UG

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ME 6: Materials

Course 6: 3 units and a build.

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4 milestones

  1. 1Structure, elasticity and stiffness
  2. 2Plasticity, dislocations and strengthening
  3. 3Fracture, fatigue and creep
  4. 4Fatigue-test paperclips
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Engineering Materials Selection

Practice: choose a material for a real part (reused; optional).

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3 milestones

  1. 1Define Design Requirements and Material Property Targets
  2. 2Screen and Compare Candidate Materials
  3. 3Select, Justify, and Report the Recommendation

Resources for this path

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Free MIT course: lecture notes, labs and problem sets with solutions.

Free interactive materials science packages, each with questions.

Free MIT course on bonding and crystal structure. Extra reading.