Program : Engineering Design & Product Development (EDPD)

Degree : MSc/MEng

Course Code : EDD 612

Course Name : Mechanical Properties of Metals & Alloys

Course Category : Compulsory Core Courses

Semester : Second Semester

Credit Hours : 3

A review of the phenomenology of creep and mechanisms of creep. Fatigue and fracture in pure metals and alloys. Discussion of the basic theory dealing with the nature and generation of creep. Kinetics and properties of dislocation in metals and their interactions with precipitates in alloys including the theory of diffusion. A detailed examination of the yield point phenomenon in pure metals and alloys including work-hardening processes.