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Course Details
KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY
Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi
Programme of Mechanical Engineering
Course Details
Course Code Course Name Year Period Semester T+A+L Credit ECTS
05461104 Mechanical Behavior of Materials 3 Spring 6 3+0+0 3 6
Course Type Elective
Course Cycle Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language Turkish
Methods and Techniques -
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Prerequisites -
Coordinator Asst. Prof. Remzi ŞAHİN
Instructor(s) -
Instructor Assistant(s) -
Course Content
Electrical resistance strain gauge and its applications, brittle coating technique, factors affecting true stress and strain values, fracture toughness and its applications, fatigue and its affecting factors, creep and its affecting factors, impact toughness, wear, friction, material retention in forming.
Objectives of the Course
To learn the mechanical behaviors of materials, to use them in product design and production, to make test and inspection and to evaluate them. To be able to use the knowledge and skills acquired in the projects in these subjects is to train metallurgy and material engineers.
Contribution of the Course to Field Teaching
Basic Vocational Courses
Specialization / Field Courses X
Support Courses
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses
Relationships between Course Learning Outcomes and Program Outcomes
Relationship Levels
Lowest Low Medium High Highest
1 2 3 4 5
# Program Learning Outcomes Level
P1 Adequate knowledge of mathematics, science and mechanical engineering disciplines; Ability to use theoretical and applied knowledge in these fields in solving complex engineering problems. 4
P2 Ability to identify, formulate and solve complex Mechanical Engineering problems; ability to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods for this purpose. 4
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No Learning Outcomes Outcome Relationship Measurement Method **
O1 Students gain basic material knowledge. P.1.15 1
O2 Students gain the ability to reveal the properties needed in the production and use of materials. P.2.3 1
** Written Exam: 1, Oral Exam: 2, Homework: 3, Lab./Exam: 4, Seminar/Presentation: 5, Term Paper: 6, Application: 7
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week Topics
1 Introduction
2 Elastic Behavior, Yielding Criteria
3 Plastic Deformation in Cristalin Materials and Dislocation Role in Plastic Deformation
4 Strengthening Mechanisms; Solid Solution, Martensitic Trasformation, Strain Hardening, Dispersion Hardening ,Radiation Hardening
5 Yield Point Phmenomen,Strain Aging
6 Failure of Materials, Introduction to Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM)
7 Fracture Toughness – Structure Relation, LEFM Application in Design, Failure and Fracture
8 Fracture mechanics and applications
9 Fatique in Materials, Principles of Design Against Fatique
10 Fatique Crack Growth, Low Cycle Fatique, Other Forms of Fatique, Fatique Failure
11 High Temperature Behavior of Materials, Creep Mechanisms and Prediction of Long Term Design Properties of Materials
12 Mechanical behavior of high temperature materials Friction, stress relaxation tests
13 Design according to friction
14 Special hardness measurement methods
Textbook or Material
Resources ANIK, Dr. Selahattin; ANIK, Dr. E. Sabri; VURAL, Assoc. Dr. Murat,, Material Science and Examination en, Birsen Publications, Istanbul 2000.
Askeland, D., "The Science and Engineering of Materials", Cengage, 2016.
Evaluation Method and Passing Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Attendance - -
Laboratory - -
Practice - -
Course Specific Internship (If Any) - -
Homework - -
Presentation - -
Projects - -
Seminar - -
Quiz - -
Midterms 1 40 (%)
Final Exam 1 60 (%)
Total 100 (%)
ECTS / Working Load Table
Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time 14 3 42
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement) 14 3 42
Midterms 1 40 40
Quiz 0 0 0
Homework 0 0 0
Practice 0 0 0
Laboratory 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Workshop 0 0 0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation 0 0 0
Fieldwork 0 0 0
Final Exam 1 60 60
Other 0 0 0
Total Work Load: 184
Total Work Load / 30 6,13
Course ECTS Credits: 6
Course - Learning Outcomes Matrix
Relationship Levels
Lowest Low Medium High Highest
1 2 3 4 5
# Learning Outcomes P1 P2
O1 Students gain basic material knowledge. 4 -
O2 Students gain the ability to reveal the properties needed in the production and use of materials. - 4