Lectures related to Material Strength and Hardness

Flexible Probes: Mechanics and Design

Explores critical strain, bending mechanics, and strain calculation in flexible probes.

Toughness of Materials

Covers the concept of toughness of materials, emphasizing resistance to crack propagation and plastic deformation.

Deformation and Creep in Materials

Explores deformation, creep, material properties, mechanical tests, ceramics, polymers, metals, and atomic bonds.

Fracture and Toughness of Materials

Explores fracture, toughness, and crack propagation in materials, emphasizing surface energy and material resistance.

Fracture and Toughness of Materials

Covers stress intensity, fracture, and toughness of materials, including the behavior of ductile and brittle materials.

Glass Microfabrication: Mechanical Structuring

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

Mechanical Properties of Materials: Toughness and Hardness

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

Materials: from Chemistry to Properties

Explores materials' behavior under stress, covering plastic deformation, elasticity, and strengthening mechanisms.

Lamination: Deformation, Ductility, and Dislocations

Explores lamination, ductility, plastic deformation, and dislocations in materials, emphasizing the effects of strain rate and temperature.

Deformation of Materials: Stresses, Deformations, and Elasticity

Explores the deformation of materials through stresses, deformations, and elasticity, focusing on the behavior of metals, ceramics, and polymers.

Time-Dependent Fracture in Materials

Explores the impact of rate effects on material toughness and the time-temperature equivalence in viscoelastic polymers.

Mechanical Properties of Materials: Elastic Limit and Dislocations

Covers the elastic limit, dislocations, and plasticity mechanisms of materials.

Specific Strain Energy and Toughness

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

Elastic Deformation and Material Properties

Explores linear elastic deformation, modulus of elasticity, material behavior under stress, and measurement methods for elastic properties.

Plastic Deformation: Compression and Hardness Testing

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

Mechanical Properties and Deformation Analysis

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

Structural Mechanics Fundamentals

Covers the fundamental concepts of structural mechanics, including materials properties, stress and strain, equilibrium of forces and moments, and elementary structures.

Shock Waves and Brittle Material Response

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

Mechanical Properties I: Elastic and Plastic Deformation

Explores elastic and plastic deformation in materials, including tensile tests, modulus of elasticity, and structural design.

Elasticity and Deformation

Covers stress, strain, modulus of elasticity, and material behavior under different loads.