CIE 530LEC - Mech Behav of Materials

This course examines the behavior of structural materials, such as concrete, soils, and metals. Topics covered in this course include the nature of soil, its formation and composition; stresses in a soil mass; effective stress; basic stress-strain relationships and their application; drained and undrained characteristics of cohesionless and cohesive soils; consolidation; Camclay models; incremental theory of plasticity applied to metal, concrete, and soils; failure theories for ductile and brittle materials; and laboratory methods for determining stress-strain and strength properties.

Credits: 3