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Lecturer
Dr. Tapany Udomphol
Assessment
Assignment 20
(homework, quiz, attendance)
Midterm exam 40
Final exam 40
Total 100
Suranaree University of Technology Tapany Udomphol May-Aug 2007
Mechanical Metallurgy
Subject of interests
Part I Mechanical fundamentals
• Introduction to mechanical metallurgy
• Stress and strain relationships of elastic behaviour
• Elements of the theory of elasticity
Part II Metallurgical fundamentals
• Plastic deformation of single crystals
• Dislocation theory
• Strengthening mechanisms
• Fracture
Strength
Ductility (elongation, area Tension tests
of reduction)
Creep (elevated-
Creep tests
temperature strength)
• Hardness is a property
which is a measure of a
resistance to permanent or
plastic deformation.
• Using difference
indenters, i.e., ball,
diamond.
Parameters:
• Brinell hardness (BHN)
• Meyer hardness
Macro-microhardness (Vickers) instrument
• Vickers hardness (VHN)
• Rockwell hardness
Torsion testing
• Applying twisting moment machine
to the specimen and measure
the torque.
• has not been standardized.
Parameters:
• Shear Modulus
• Torsional yield strength
• Modulus of rupture
Parameters:
• Creep strength
• Creep rate
Typical creep curve
Parameters:
• Fracture toughness KIC
• Crack tip opening
displacement CTOD
• J-integral J
Failed fracture toughness
specimens.
Suranaree University of Technology Tapany Udomphol May-Aug 2007
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Fatigue tests σa
∆σ
σmax σm
• Material is subjected to a
repetitive or fluctuating stress
(cyclic loading) and will fail at σmin
Parameters:
• Fracture life (fatigue strength)
• Fatigue crack growth resistance
• Paris exponent (m)
• Fatigue threshold (Kth)
Fatigue striations on fatigue
fracture surface
Suranaree University of Technology Tapany Udomphol May-Aug 2007
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