ABOUT THE COURSE:

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This NPTEL course provides a comprehensive understanding of plasticity, damage mechanics, and high strain rate behavior, focusing on the fundamentals, applications, and computational aspects of plasticity and its interaction with damage in materials.  The course is structured into four modules:

 

Module 1 covers the basics of plasticity, including stress-strain relations, yield criteria, and plastic stress-strain relations.

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Module 2 explores the application of plasticity in metals, reinforced concrete, and composites, including failure criteria and fracture models.

 

Module 3 delves into plasticity-based damage models, covering material damage mechanisms, continuum damage mechanics, and inelastic damage theories.

 

Module 4 focuses on the plasticity for high strain rate behavior, covering the fundamentals of blast and impact models, rate effects during crack growth, and computational aspects of plasticity.

 

This course integrates theoretical knowledge with practical applications, aimed at professionals and researchers in the fields of material science and structural engineering.