Master's and PhD Degrees / Courses / Course DescriptionsMECH_ENG 415: Mechanics of Manufacturing Processes
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Prerequisites
Preferably CIV_ENV 417-1, CIV_ENV 417-2, or equivalent.Description
Understanding the fundamental mechanics of manufacturing processes is essential for process design, control, monitoring and innovation. This new course focuses on the mechanics of representative processes in the three fundamental processing categories: sheet metal forming in deformation-based processes, cutting in subtractive processes, and laser-engineered net shaping (LENS) in additive processes. The course discusses current theoretical and experimental advances in both fundamental process mechanics and technology advances and future developments.
The theoretical topics will revolve around:
(1) Material constitutive models under large plastic deformation
(2) Material characterization methods
(3) Process modeling
(4) Static and dynamic instability analysis
(5) Damage models
(6) Material microstructure evolution
On the pragmatic side, in addition to an overview of current practices, issues related to emerging technologies will be discussed with a particular focus on:
(1) Flexible forming
(2) Precision machining
(3) Rapid prototyping
