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ESM-4024: Advanced Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Description: Mechanical behavior of materials, emphasizing solid mechanics aspects and methods for predicting strength and life of engineering components. Plasticity, failure criteria, fracture mechanics, crack growth, strain-based fatigue, and creep. Microstructure-property relationships, and laboratory demonstrations.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ESM-3054 or MSE-3054

Required By: ECE-5210, MSE-5504

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 18

Average GPA: 2.96 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 30.16%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.24%

Norman E Dowling201941.1%29.4%15.7%7.5%3.2%3.1%2.9813
John C Duke201628.6%14.3%42.9%14.3%0.0%0.0%2.531
Robert L West202242.9%42.9%0.0%14.3%0.0%0.0%3.061
Bilel Aidi202423.6%57.3%14.6%4.5%0.0%0.0%3.002
Haik Marwan Al201546.6%26.7%6.7%20.0%0.0%0.0%2.961

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