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6. Material Failure


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Learning Objectives

  • review the basic characteristics of the uni-axial stress-strain curves of ductile and brittle materials
  • understand the need to develop failure criteria for general stress states
  • specific yield criteria: Tresca and von Mises
  • application of Tresca and von Mises yield criteria to specific stress states

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