Teaching, classes, information for students

Course for Master students on Micromechanics of Materials
at RWTH Aachen

(Summer Semester)

Title of Course
Micromechanics of Materials (V3, Ü1) (English)

Lecturer
D. Raabe

Start / first class
April 2017, 10:15 a.m. – 14 p.m. (Fridays)

NOTE: Class on May 19th takes place at IMM, RWTH, Aachen

Class room

seminar room, 1st floor, Institut für Metallkunde und Metallphysik (IMM),

RWTH Aachen, Kopernikusstrasse 14

Contents
mechanics of lattice defects, single crystal mechanics, polycrystal mechanics, Taylor model, homogenization, yield surface, interface mechanics, crystal plasticity finite element methods, fracture mechanics, high-throughput testing, mechanics of hexagonal materials, mechanics of biological (natural) materials, mechanics of bio-materials (implant materials), bone structure and mechanics, polymer structure and mechanics

The course requires good knowledge in materials science, lattice defects, continuum mechanics, tensor maths, and English.

Some additional reading

Great PSE Reference

Class Notes Micromechanics 2017

Class Notes micromechanics introduction [...]
PDF-Dokument [2.7 MB]

Raabe_micromech-struc-dis-crys-2017-long[...]
PDF-Dokument [5.3 MB]

AthermalPhaseTransformations_05-05-2017.[...]
PDF-Dokument [5.6 MB]

FractureMech_IMM.pdf
PDF-Dokument [3.6 MB]

FEM_IMM.pdf
PDF-Dokument [1.0 MB]

Microstructure Mechanics Polymers and Biological Matertials: Structure and Properties
Raabe_micromechanics-polymers-and-bio-20[...]
PDF-Dokument [6.4 MB]

Dislocations, crystalline anisotropy and plasticity in hexagonal metals
Micromechanicacs_Vorlesung_Def hex_2017_[...]
PDF-Dokument [4.2 MB]

Class Notes Micromechanics 2016

RWTH Micromechanics 2016 Introduction sh[...]
PDF-Dokument [2.8 MB]

RWTH Micromechanics 2016 Structure Dislo[...]
PDF-Dokument [4.8 MB]

RWTH Micromechanics 2016 Hexagonal metal[...]
PDF-Dokument [3.9 MB]

RWTH Micromechanics 2016 Crystal Mechani[...]
PDF-Dokument [2.8 MB]

Class Notes Micromechanics 2015

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - Biological Materials
D Raabe RWTH Aachen Max Planck Institut [...]
PDF-Dokument [8.3 MB]

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - Polymers
D Raabe RWTH Aachen Max Planck Institut [...]
PDF-Dokument [6.2 MB]

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - High Throughput Materials Design
Springer RWTH Aachen Max Planck Institut[...]
PDF-Dokument [7.2 MB]

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - ICME
C C Tasan RWTH Aachen Max Planck Institu[...]
PDF-Dokument [14.3 MB]

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - Mechanical size effects: Experiments and mechanisms
Jaya Balila Mechanical size effects-Expe[...]
PDF-Dokument [6.2 MB]

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - Fracture Mechanics
P Shantraj D Raabe RWTH Aachen Max Planc[...]
PDF-Dokument [1.5 MB]

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - Mechanics of athermal transformations
S L Wong D Raabe RWTH Aachen Max Planck [...]
PDF-Dokument [5.3 MB]

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - Single- and Polycrystal Mechanics
D Raabe RWTH Aachen Max Planck Institut [...]
PDF-Dokument [6.8 MB]

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - Hexagonal Metals
D Raabe RWTH Aachen Max Planck Institut [...]
PDF-Dokument [21.5 MB]

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - Introduction
Short version for download
D Raabe RWTH Aachen Max Planck Institut [...]
PDF-Dokument [3.0 MB]

Class 2015: Microstructure Mechanics of Crystalline Materials - Crystal Structure and Cystal Dislocations
D Raabe RWTH Aachen Max Planck Institut [...]
PDF-Dokument [4.7 MB]

Basics (simulation by P. Cai, class student)

Application