Mechanical Properties of Materials

Credit: 1 hour

The American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) specify test procedures for determining the various of a material.  These descriptions are guidelines used by experimentalist to obtain reproducible results for material properties.  Strength, hardness, toughness, elasticity, plasticity, brittleness, and ductility and malleability are mechanical properties used as measures of how metals behave under a load.

The subject of mechanical behavior has been in the front line of basic studies in engineering curricula for many years.         

Topics Covered:

• Introduction
• Structural failures and collapses
• Fatigue strength and impact strength
• Material properties
• Structural failure
• Moderated Q&A

Course Number:  ODP1009

Field of Study: Mechanical

Level: Basic

Presenter:
Ronald Finger

Prerequisites:
None

Advanced Preparation:
None