Actually, eme aims at preparing future scientists and engineers capable of taking on major challenges in the following areas

U.E.6b: Behaviour of Polymers and Elastomers – ECTS 4

Lectures: 7h – Tutorials: 9h – Practicals: 9h

Mechanical behavior of polymers and elastomers.

Viscoelastic and thermo-elastic behaviors.

Monney-Rivlin constitutive laws.

U.E.6c: Material Fatigue – ECTS 4

Lectures: 7h – Tutorials: 9h – Practicals: 9h

Fatigue of materials, endurance limit, mean stress effects, low cycle fatigue, stress concentration effects.

Miner’s law.

Introduction to fracture mechanics, plastic zone and fracture toughness.

Fatigue crack propagation.