Mechanical Behavior of Materials

　　This textbook is for courses on Mechanical Behavior of Materials taught in departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. The text includes numerous examples and problems for student practice. The book emphasizes quantitative problem solving. End of the chapter notes are included to increase students' interest. This text differs from others because the treatment of plasticity has greater emphasis on the interrelationship of the flow, effective strain and effective stress and their use in conjunction with yield criteria to solve problems. The treatment of defects is new. Schmid's law is generalized for complex stress states. Its use with strains allows for prediction of R-values for textures. Another feature is the treatment of lattice rotations and how they lead to deformation textures. The chapter on fracture mechanics includes coverage of Gurney's approach. Much of the analysis of particulate composites is new. Few texts include anything on metal forming.
　　? Includes numerous examples and end-of-chapter problems ? Emphasizes quantitative problem solving ? Briefer, less expensive, and more modern than competition

1. Stress and strain
2. Elasticity
3. Tensile testing
4. Other tests of plastic behavior
5. Strain hardening of metals
6. Plasticity theory
7. Strain-rate and temperature dependence of flow stress
8. Slip
9. Dislocation geometry and energy
10. Dislocation mechanics
11. Mechanical twinning
12. Hardening mechanisms in metals
13. Ductility and fracture
14. Fracture mechanics
15. Viscoelasticity
16. Creep and stress rupture
17. Fatigue
18. Residual stress
19. Ceramics and glasses
20. Polymers
21. Composites
22. Mechanical working.