ME 5660: Phase Transformation in Elastic Materials
(Cross-listed with EM 5660).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Continuum thermodynamics and kinetics approaches to phase transformations. Phase field approach to stress- and temperature-induced martensitic transformations and twinning at the nanoscale. Nucleation and growth. Nanostructural evaluation. Analytical and numerical solutions. Surface stresses and energy. Surface-induced phase transformations. Large Strain formulation. (Typically Offered: Spring)