ME 641 Theory Of Elasticity & Plasticity Total no. of contact hours/week Theory 3 Syllabus 1.

Plane stress and plane strain stress and strain at a point. Equilibrium and compatibility equations. Two dimensional problems in rectangular and polar co -ordinates. Three dimensional problems. Torsion and bending of bars. 2. Principles of Plastic Flow Theory. 3. Stress & Strain relationship & Condition of initiation of plastic deformation. 4. Failure Criterion. 5. Strain or work hardening. 6. Large elongations & their components. 7. Experimental strain analysis 8. Uniaxial tension of a perfect & an imperfect strip. 9. Plastic Anisotropy 10. Necking in continuous bar, sheets. 11. Ductile fracture & reduction of area 12. Determination of Forming Limit Strains for an Anisotropic material by Neck of growth. Methods for testing material properties. 13. Workability Definition, Testing & Analysis. Reference Books 1. Thomsen, E.G., Yang, C.T., Kobayashi, Mechanics of Plastic Deformation in Metal Processing, The MacMilan Co., New York. 2. Mielnik, E.M., Metal Working Science & Engineering, McGraw - Hill, Inc., New York. 3. Marcinialy, Z., and Dancan, J.L., The Mechanics of Sheet Metal Forming, Edword Arnold, London. 4. Timoshenko and Goodier, Theory of Elasticity, McGraw Hill. Lab. Tutorial Total hours 3 Continuous Yes Course Assessment End semester Yes