Stress – strain relationships; Elastic behavior, stress analysis in two and three dimensions; Yield criteria; Plastic behavior and dislocation, Factors affecting deformation in metals; Strengthening mechanisms, Fracture, Standard mechanical testing: hardness, compression, tensile, creep, torsion, bending, impact testing; Introduction to fracture mechanics and fail - safe design; Fatigue life assessment, S-N curve, fatigue crack growth, Factors affecting mechanical properties of metals and selection