《材料力學性能》是根據教育部最新頒布的課程教學基本要求和課程改革的精神編寫的，以英文為表達形式，在內容和形式上有較大的更新，為材料性能學課程開展雙語教學提供適用教材。
全書共十章，以工程材料的強度—硬度—塑性—韌性力學性能為主線，前七章詳細闡述金屬材料的力學性能，后三章分別闡述高分子材料、陶瓷材料和復合材料的力學性能，重點闡述工程材料在靜載荷、沖擊載荷和交變載荷及在環境介質（高溫和腐蝕條件）作用下的力學性能，并從斷裂力學的角度出發，重點闡述工程材料的抗斷裂性能等。《材料力學性能》以闡述宏觀規律為主，將宏觀規律與微觀機理相結合，同時強調理論與實際相聯系。
《材料力學性能》作為機械類和材料類學生的專業基礎課程材料性能學的教學用書，適用于48～64學時教學，主要面向機械類和材料類專本科學生，也可供近機類和近材料類專業選用，還可供有關工程技術人員學習參考。
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 Polymers
Chapter 10 Mechanical properties of Composite Materials
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