MCE 679 – Theory of Plasticity - Fall 2007 

Th 9.15 am-11.45 am 

Professor Hamouda Ghonem /401-874-2909/ ghonem@egr.uri.edu  

    Course Outline

-      Stress and yield criteria   (Notes)  

-      Strain and stress-strain relationships (self Study)

-      Perfect plastic materials  (Notes)  

      -     plastic potential and flow rule

      -     flow rule associated with yield criteria

      -     convexity, Normality and Uniqueness

      -     stress-strain relationships

-     Work-hardening materials

      -    loading surface and loading rules

      -    flow rules 

      -    incremental stress-strain relationship 

      -    work-hardening plasticity models 

      -    stress-strain relationships 

-     State-variable approaches  

-     Viscoplasticity   

Grades

Mid-term Exam                 25%  (October 18)               

2^nd Exam                           25%                

term papers                       30%

Home Work                       20%

Recommended Texts

 -     Continuum Theory of Plasticity, S. Khan and S. Huang, John Wiley& Sons,   1994

-     The Mathematical Theory of Plasticity, R. Hill, Oxford Engineering Science Series, 1983

-     Plasticity for Structural Engineers, W.F. Chen and D.J. Hahn, Gao Lih Book Co., 1995