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ME 7353
ME 7353 - Plasticity
Review elasticity equations. Yield surfaces and associated plasticity flow rules, stress-strain equations of plasticity, applications to cylindrical and spherical problems, iterative methods. Effects of plasticity on stress distributions. Plastic strains and residual stresses. Orthotropic materials that behave differently in tension than compression. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.