Course

ME-628: High Strain Rate Mechanics of Materials

Lectures in this course (15)

Explores physically based constitutive models, focusing on high strain rate behavior and the role of thermal energy in dislocation motion.

Nonlinear Waves in Composites and Snow: Constitutive Response

Explores nonlinear waves in composites, snow constitutive response, and visco-hyperelastic models.

Material Response: FCC-BCC-HCP

Explores material response to impact and strain hardening, including adiabatic shear bands and their applications.

Empirical Constitutive Relations

Explores empirical constitutive relations, dislocation movement, and thermally activated motion in material science.

High Strain Rate Mechanics of Materials

Covers material behavior under rapidly applied forces, stress waves, dynamic responses, and impact-induced damage in various materials.

Shear Bands and Shockwave Introduction

Explores adiabatic shear bands, shockwaves, and their impact on materials, including experimental investigations and metallurgical aspects.

High Strain Rate Mechanics: Material Behavior Dynamics

Covers material behavior under rapid forces, wave propagation, dynamic stress-strain responses, and impact-induced damage.

Dynamic Characterization of Magnetorheological Elastomers

Explores the dynamic characterization and constitutive behaviors of Magnetorheological Elastomers, covering properties like strain amplitude, magnetic field effects, and compression behavior.

Shock Waves and Brittle Material Response

Covers shock waves, brittle material response, phase transformation, and Hugoniot relationships in materials under stress.

Taylor Impact and Shear Banding

Explains the impact of different structures on mechanical properties and introduces shear banding.

High Strain Rate Mechanics of Materials

Explores experimental methods for determining high strain rate behavior in materials, focusing on wave propagation and stress waves.

Crack Propagation Dynamics in Bimaterials and Gels

Explores crack propagation dynamics in bimaterials, faults, and avalanche releases, as well as micro branching instability in gels and glass.

Modeling Shock Response of Brittle Materials

Explores shock response modeling of brittle materials, including spall strength evaluation and shear failure mechanisms.

Thermally Activated Dislocation Motion

Explores thermally activated dislocation motion and physically based constitutive models in materials at high strain rates.

Shock-induced damage in brittle materials

Examines shock-induced damage patterns in various materials through ball-on-rod experiments.