Materials And Structures-Role Of mechanical behavior: Recent Episodes
Nagamani Jaya Balila
This podcast is for all those who want to listen to stories and trivia about mechanical behavior of materials.
In the last podcast of this season i continue my interview with teachers who have taught this course, wrapping up with a farewell note!
We talk to two more faculty about their research interests and their connection to mechanical behavior.
This week we talk to Prof Parag Bhargava who describes in detail the various projects that his group is working on and its applications as well as challenges that are waiting to be solved! Take a look.
This episode talks about research from two faculty from our dept of MEMS at IITB, and their connection to what you study in the course. Students can utilise this to know more about the department and the exciting work that goes on beyond their classrooms.
We talk about the life and times of Eric Schmid, Richard Von Mises and Alan Cottrell and their notable contributions to understading plastic deformation in metals.
Inspiration from an India icon-Dr Satish Dhawan, whose birth centenary year is being celebrated this month about leadership and integrity.
Seminar contributions of Vito Volterra, a mathematician and physicist are described. Active from the age of 20 to his death at the age of 80, Volterra lived through the World War I and rise of fascism in Italy. His papers are well worth reading in their original form to realise the beauty of his ideas. Imaging of dislocations caught on much later.
This episode gives a glimpse of how different teachers would explain the same concept in different ways. Excerpts from my tete a tete with my own teachers Prof KRY Simha and Prof V Jayaram at IISc Bangalore, shared with you with their permission.
Excerpts from the book Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik on invention of plastics and how it let our collective imagination run wild. Also covering the pivotal role of moldable celluloid on dentures and motion pictures, both of which have used the fact that plastics can endure substantial plastic deformation!
What if? Compiled by Randall Munroe (xkcd fame) takes every absurd question seriously enough to give a well researched scientific answer. We look at one such here, tune in to listen.
Heard of negative Poissons ratio and anti rubbery materials? Cork used in wine bottles and cricket balls comes close. Whats the deal with engineering them and where is it going to be used? Find out more in this podcast. Also take a look at http://silver.neep.wise.edu/~lakes/Poisson.html for more details
Why were Romans able to build an empire so large? Also, how were they always so clean shaven, a hall mark of a civilised man? Whats the connection between the two? Find out more by listening in!
What is the connection between the standard kilogram, one of the most expensive material Platinum and the mechanical behavior thereof? Listen to find out more!