Part 1 (compulsory): Prof. Adrian Sutton
16 one-hour lectures and 4 rapid feedback sessions in Term 1

  • Structural versus functional materials
  • Defects in crystals
  • The geometry of the elastic field
  • The equilibrium condition for the stress field and body forces
  • The misfitting sphere as a model of point defects
  • The elastic Green's function
  • Application of the elastic Green's function to point defects with non-spherical symmetry, and connection with atomistic simulation
  • The nature of plastic deformation of crystals
  • Application of the elastic Green's function to dislocations