IE 3072 - NANOMECHANICS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Mechanics at the nanometer-scale often greatly diverges from that observed in the macro-scale. This course will elucidate how under different physicochemical condition, different coupled nanoscale phenomenon are dominant. For example, length-scale dependence can be introduced in both elastic and plastic deformation. Topics covered in this course will include size-effects in nanoindentation, their associated strain-gradient dependent phenomena, surface and interface stress dependent phenomena in nanowires and bulk nanomaterials, switch-overs in deformation-modes with shrinking length-scales, implications of interfacial diffusion phenomena in microstructure evolution, thermomechanical response of nanomaterials, diffusion-driven solid-state dewetting, force-controlled mechanochemistry, and elastocapillary of nanofilaments.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PLAN: Industrial Engineering Graduate

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