Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Mechanical Properties of Metals 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Concepts Of Stress And Strain 2.3 Stress-Strain Behavior 　2.4 Anelasticity (or Viscoelasticity) 　2.5 Elastic Properties of Materials 　2.6 Tensile Properties 　　2.6.1 Yield Strength 　　2.6.2 Tensile Strength 　　2.6.3 Ductility 　　2.6.4 Toughness 　　2.6.5 Resilience 　2.7 True Stress And Strain 　2.8 Elastic Recovery After Plastic Deformation 　2.9 Compressive, Shear, And Torsion Deformation 　2.10 Hardness 　　2.10.1 Brinell Hardness Tests 　　2.10.2 Rockwell Hardness Tests 　　2.10.3 Knoop and Vickers Microindentation Hardness Tests 　　2.10.4 Correlation Between Hardness and Tensile Strength 　SUMMARY 　IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS 　REFERENCES 　QUESTIONS AND PROBLEM Chapter 3 Micro-fracture of metals 　3.1 Introduction 　　3.1.1 Ductile fracture 　　3.1.2 Brittle fracture 　3.2 Process of fracture 　　3.2.1 Crack Nucleation 　　3.2.2 Ductile Fracture 　　3.2.3 Brittle fracture 　SUMMARY 　IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS 　REFERENCES 　QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS Chapter 4 Principles of Fracture Mechanics 　4.1 Introduction 　4.2 Theoretical Cleavage Strength 　4.3 Stress Concentration 　　4.3.1 Stress Concentrations 　　4.3.2 Stress Concentration Factor 　4.4 Griffith Criterion of Fracture 　4.5 Fracture Toughness 　　4.5.1 Hypotheses of LEFM 　　4.5.2 Crack-Tip Separation Modes 　　4.5.3 Stress Field in an Isotropic Material in the Vicinity of a Crack Tip 　　4.5.4 Details of the Crack-Tip Stress Field in Mode I 　　4.5.5 Plastic-Zone Size Correction 　4.6 Fracture Toughness Parameters 　　4.6.1 Crack Extension Force G 　　4.6.2 Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) 　　4.6.3 J Integral 　　4.6.4 R Curve 　　4.6.5 Relationships among Different Fracture Toughness Parameters 　4.7 Impact Fracture 　　4.7.1 Impact Testing Techniques 　　4.7.2 Ductile-to-Brittle Transition 　SUMMARY 　IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS 　REFERENCES 　QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS Chapter 5 Fatigue of metals 　5.1 Introduction 　5.2 Cyclic Stresses 　5.3 The S-N Curve 　5.4 Crack Initiation and Propagation 　5.5 Factors That Affect Fatigue Life 　　5.5.1 Mean Stress 　　5.5.2 Surface Effects 　　5.5.3 Design Factors 　　5.5.4 Surface Treatments 　5.6 Environmental Effects 　SUMMARY 　IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS 　REFERENCES 　QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS Chapter 6 Creep of metals Chapter 7 Corrosion and Degradation of Metals Chapter 8 Mechanical properties of ceramics Chapter 9 Mechanical properties of PolymersChapter 10 Mechanical properties of Composite Materials