<p>Laboratory, four hours. Requisites: courses 90L, 143A (may be taken concurrently). Methods of characterizing mechanical behavior of various materials; elastic and plastic deformation, fracture toughness, fatigue, and creep. Letter grading.</p>

Materials Science and Engineering

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Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Materials engineering is concerned with the design, fabrication, and optimal selection of engineering materials that must simultaneously fulfill dimensional, property, quality control, and economic requirements.

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Mechanical Behavior Laboratory

MATSCI143L

2 units