ES532 MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF PLASTICITY

Course Code:5610532
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Engineering Sciences
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
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Offered Semester:Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives


Course Content

Physical background. Idealizations, yield criteria. Plastic-stress strain relations. Two measures of work-hardening. Extremum principles, the plastic potential and uniqueness. Elasto-plastic problems. Plane stress and plane strain (theory of slip-line field with some applications). Geometric effects. Plastic anisotropy.


Course Learning Outcomes