ME5653 (Inelasticity) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Introduces models suitable for rate-independent and rate-dependent plasticity, creep, viscoplasticity, viscoelasticity, and damage. Emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of nonlinear constitutive theories. Offers students an opportunity to understand the phenomenological aspects of nonlinear and time-dependent material behavior and to obtain the ability to develop and use mathematical models that describe inelastic deformation behavior.
Data updated October 2026.