Mechanical & Industrial Engrg 609 - Mech Prop Materials
Fall
2026
01
3.00
Ashwin Ramasubramaniam
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
15071
Marston Hall room 211
ashwin@engin.umass.edu
Principles of mechanical behavior and failure of metals, polymers, and ceramics. Analysis of problems in design of structural materials that must meet certain strength and performance criteria. Emphasis on the engineering significance and use of various experimentally measured properties such as fatigue life, critical stress intensity factor, relaxation modulus, creep rupture life, and crack growth rate.
Open to graduate Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering majors. Instructor permission is otherwise required to be enrolled.