MT253: Mechanical Behaviour of Materials

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Course Syllabus (last updated:01 October, 2020)

Supplemental Material 01: Recap of Useful Mathematical Concepts (last updated: 8th Aug, 2014)


Chapter 01: Introduction to Elastic Deformation (last updated: 25th October, 2020)

Supplemental Material 02: Some Basic Concepts Relating to Solid Mechanics (last updated: 13th Aug, 2014)

Home Work 01a: Construction of Mohr's Circle (Nitish Bibhanshu, PhD Student)

Transpose of A = Inverse of A

Home Work 01b: Isotropic systems has only two indepdpent elastic moduli - using 4 index notation (T. Anil Kumar, ME Student)

Home Work 01c: Isotropic systems has only two indepdpent elastic moduli - using 2 index notation (Gyan Shankar, ME Student)

Home Work 01d: Isotropic systems has only two indepdpent elastic moduli - using 4 index notation, but concise way (Kamalnath K, BSc/MS Student)

MATLAB Codes: 1. Plotting Mohr Circle in 2-D (last updated: 13th Aug, 2014)

MATLAB Codes: 2. Conducting coordinate transformation in 3-D and finding pure shear form of hydrostatic stress (last updated: 31st Aug, 2015)

MATLAB Codes: 3. Contour plot showing variation in Young's modulus as function of anisotropy factor (last updated: 24th Aug, 2015)

MATLAB Codes: 4. Young's modulus along [hkl] direction (last updated: 20th Aug, 2016)

Quiz 01 - 2014 || Solution of Quiz 01 - 2014

Quiz 01 - 2015 || Solution of Quiz 01 - 2015 || Matlab Code for Q-1 || Matlab Code for Q-2a || Matlab Code for Q-2b

Chapter 02: Phenomenological Treatment of Plastic Deformation (last updated: 9th November 2020)

Helpful Link 01: Some good discussion on Prandtl-Reuss model with example

Home Work 02a: von Mises Yield Locus in 2-D (Dipali Sonawane, PhD student)

Home Work 02b: von Mises criterion produces a cylindrical yield surface with its axis being hydrostatic stress (Nitish Bibhanshu, PhD Student)

Home Work 02c: Effect of m and n on strain in sample with strain localization (Kamalnath K, PBSc/MS Student)

MATLAB Codes: 1. von Mises Plot in 2-D (Dipali Sonawane, PhD Student)

MATLAB Codes: 2. von Mises Plot in 3-D (Dipali Sonawane, PhD Student)

MATLAB Codes: 3. Effect of strain hardening exponent on strain distribution (Kamalnath K, PBSc/MS Student)

MATLAB Codes: 4. Effect of strain hardening exponent and strain rate sensitivity on strain distribution (Kamalnath K, PBSc/MS Student)

MATLAB Codes: 5. Solving Levy-Mises equations in incremental fashion

Quiz 02 - 2014 || Solution of Quiz 02 - 2014

Quiz 02 - 2015 || Solution of Quiz 02 - 2015

Chapter 03: Microstructural Aspects of Plastic Deformation: Dislocations and Twinning (last updated: 10th October, 2016)

Helpful Link 02: A good discussion on calculating dislocation density using intersection method or etch-pits

Helpful Link 03: Some very interesting TEM videos showing dislocation annihilation, pile ups, Frank-Read sources, etc.

Video: TEM video showing dislocation annihilation || Click here for original reference

Video: TEM video showing Frank-Read source || Click here for original reference

Video: TEM video showing pile up || Click here for original reference

Video: TEM video showing pile up and cross-slip || Click here for original reference

Slide Show: Slip of Partials

Supplemental Material 03: Introduction to Stereographic Projection (last updated: 26th Sept, 2014)

MATLAB Code: FCC: Calculating Schmid Factor for a desired loading direction

Quiz 03 - 2014 || Solution of Quiz 03 - 2014

Quiz 03 - 2015 || Solution of Quiz 03 - 2015

Quiz 04 - 2014 || Solution of Quiz 04 - 2014

Mid-Term - 2015 || Solution of Mid-Term - 2015

Chapter 04: Common Strengthening Mechanisms (last updated: 10th Oct, 2016)

Quiz 04 - 2015 || Solution of Quiz 04 - 2015

Mid-Term - 2014 || Solution of Mid-Term - 2014

Mid-Term - 2016 || Solution of Mid-Term - 2016

Chapter 05: Fracture: Mechanisms and Mechanics (last updated: 03rd Nov, 2016)

Helpful Link 02: For stress field around an elliptical hole (pages 7 to 9)



Chapter 06: Fatigue (last updated: 27th Nov, 2016)

Quiz 06 - 2014 || Solution of Quiz 06 - 2014

Quiz 06 - 2015 || Solution of Quiz 06 - 2015

Chapter 07: Creep (last updated: 27th Nov, 2016)

Helpful Link 03: Review: Low Temperature Creep Plasticity

Helpful Link 04: Dislocation Network Based Model for Natural Power Law Creep : Original Model || Modified Model

Quiz 07 - 2014 || Solution of Quiz 07 - 2014

Quiz 07 - 2015 || Solution of Quiz 07 - 2015

Final Exam - 2014 || Solution of Final Exam- 2014

Final Exam - 2015 || Solution of Final Exam- 2015

Final Exam - 2016 || Solution of Final Exam- 2016 || MATLAB code for Q-3

List of Assignment Questions - 2014 || Guidelines for Submitting Assignment - 2014

List of Assignment Questions - 2015 || Guidelines for Submitting Assignment - 2015