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Introduction to Materials Science: Hardness and Wear

Covers material hardness testing and wear as crucial factors in material degradation.

Discusses the Vickers hardness test procedure and interpretation of results compared to other hardness tests.

Developing Hybrid Al-SiC-Graphite Composite

Explores the development of a hybrid Al-SiC-graphite composite material and its tailored properties for specific applications.

Glass Microfabrication: Mechanical Structuring

Explores glass microfabrication techniques, including precision machining and ultrasonic machining, focusing on mechanical properties and fracture behavior.

Metal Hardening Mechanisms

Explores metal hardening mechanisms, grain boundaries, plasticity of polymers, ceramics, and hardness testing methods.

Material Strength and Hardness

Explores material strength, hardness, and toughness, covering ductility, plastic deformation, fracture, and hardness testing methods.

Mechanical Properties of Materials: Toughness and Hardness

Explores toughness, hardness, and material properties, including critical crack length and hardness testing methods.

Advanced Timber Plate Structural Design

Discusses design parameters and connections in timber plate structures under various loads.

Plastic Deformation: Compression and Hardness Testing

Explores plastic deformation in compression testing, friction effects, hardness testing techniques, crystal defects, and micro-hardness tests.

Specific Strain Energy and Toughness

Explores specific strain energy, toughness, hardness measurement methods, and tough materials.

Mechanical Properties II: Toughness and Resilience

Explores material toughness, resilience, hardness tests, and brittle-ductile transitions in steels.

Plasticity Criteria: Von Mise and Tresca

Explores plasticity criteria like Von Mise and Tresca, determining material plastic limits.

Vickers Hardness Test

Explains the Vickers hardness test method for measuring material hardness using a diamond indenter.

Traction Function: Modulus and Resistance

Explores the traction function, hardening modulus, resistance, and evaluation methods.

Mechanical Properties of Materials

Explores hardness testing, creep, fracture mechanics, and material toughness measurement.

Phase Transformations II: solid-state transformations

Explores solid-state transformations, nucleation, kinetics, hardness testing, thermodynamics, and shape memory effects in materials.

Plasticity: Mechanisms of Metals and Polymers

Covers the plasticity mechanisms of metals and polymers, including dislocations, solid solution hardening, and work hardening.

Mechanical Properties and Deformation Analysis

Explores mechanical properties, deformation analysis, and material behavior under various conditions, emphasizing the trade-off between hardness and ductility.

Deformation Part 2: Plasticity and Torsion Tests

Delves into plasticity, torsion tests, hardness techniques, and material stability criteria.

Electronic Structure of Atoms: Ionization and Chemical Bonds

Explores ionization energy, chemical bonding, electron sharing, and electronegativity in atoms.