Marcial Gonzalez

Marcial Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Email: marcial-gonzalez@purdue.edu

OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING TEACHERS: Congrats to the exemplary faculty, lecturers, and staff who received teaching evaluation scores of 4.7+ in classes with 10+ enrollment, and >50% student eval response rates, for Spring 2019 Engineering courses. Full list: https://t.co/udfESDQcBa pic.twitter.com/ySYxG8JzGG
— Purdue Engineering (@PurdueEngineers) August 23, 2019

This is where everything started
Mechanics of Materials (c.1995)
University of Buenos Aires

2021 Robert W. Fox Outstanding Instructor Award
(presented annually to a junior faculty member who
has demonstrated excellence in the classroom)

2022 Plaque in recognition for efforts in establishing a
laboratory for the Mechanics of Materials course
(first time in the School history that
a solid mechanics laboratoryis made part
of the undergraduate core curriculum)

ME597 - Solid Mechanics II

Spring 2022. Spring 2024.

(01a) Overview. (01b) Notation and nomenclature (02) Introduction to vectors and tensors. (03- 04) Kinematics of deformations. (05) Conservation and balance laws. (06) Thermodynamics. (07) Constitutive relations. (08- 09) Hyperelastic solids. (10- 11) Viscoelastic solids. (12) Material parameter estimation. (13) Isotropic plastic solids. (14) Isotropic plastic solids - J2 or von Mises. (15) Isotropic plastic solids - Mohr-Coulomb and Drucker-Prager. (16- 17) Solid-solid interactions - Contact mechanics. (18) Guidelines for special project. (19) Review for the exam. (20- 21) Structural elements: beams, plates, shells. (22) Fluid-solid interactions. (#1-#4) Project progress report. (#5) Final project report and presentations.

ME612 - Continuum Mechanics

Spring 2014. Spring 2015.

(01) Overview. (02- 03) Introduction to vectors and tensors. (04) Curvilinear coordinate systems. (05- 06) Kinematics of deformations. (07- 08- 09) Conservation and balance laws. (10- 11) Thermodynamics. (12) Discontinuity surfaces. (13) Constitutive relations: Coleman-Noll procedure. (14) Constitutive relations: examples. (15- 16) Constitutive relations: frame-indifference. (17) Constitutive relations: material symmetry. (18) Constitutive Relations: linearization. (19) Review for the exam. (20) Guidelines for special project. (21) Energy principles and stability. (22) Constitutive relations: plasticity. (#1-#4) Project progress report. (#5) Final project report and presentations.

ME32301 - Mechanics of Materials Laboratory

Fall 2023.

(0) Memo report format. (1) Tensile Test to Failure. (2) Determination of Poisson's Ratio. (3) CAD and 3D-Printing of Standard Dogbone. (4) Torsion of Circular Shafts. (5) Strain Gauge Rosettes and Stresses in Beams. (6) Three Point Bending. (7) Comparison of Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko Beam Theories. (8) Axial Loading of 3D-Printed Dogbone. (9) Uniaxial Tension in a Finite-Width Panel with a Circular Hole. (10) Helical Extension Springs. (11) FEA and Design of 3D-Printed Parts.

ME323 - Mechanics of Materials

Fall 2014. Fall 2015. Spring 2016. Fall 2016. Fall 2017. Fall 2018. Spring 2019. Fall 2019. Spring 2020. Fall 2020.
Spring 2021. Fall 2021, Fall 2022.

(1) Class Overview. Review of static equilibrium. (2) Normal stress and strain. (3) Shear stress and strain. (4) Mechanical properties. (5) General definitions of stress and strain. (6- 7- 8- 9) Axial deformation. (10- 11- 12) Torsion. (13) Equilibrium of beams. (14) Strain and stress in beams. (15) Shear stress in beams. (16- 17- 19- 20- 21- 22) Deflection of beams. (23- 24- 25) Energy methods. (26- 27- 29) Introduction to finite element methods. (30) Thin wall pressure vessels. (31) Transformation of stress. (32) Principal stresses. Maximum shear stress - Mohr's circle. (33) Mohr's circle. Absolute maximum shear stress. (34- 35- 36) Stresses due to combined loads. (37- 38) Failure theories. (39) Buckling of columns.
(x) Finding Mechanics of Materials in your daily life: an optional fun activity!

ME323 - Mechanics of Materials Laboratory (Opt-in)

Spring 2018. (Summer 2018). Fall 2018. Spring 2019. (Summer 2019). Fall 2019. Spring 2020. Fall 2020. Spring 2021

(1) Tensile and Poisson's ratio tests. (2) Photo-elasticity test. (3) Torsion test. (4) Three-point bending test. (5) Combined loading test. (6) Column buckling test.

ME263 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Spring 2017.

Mechanical Vibrations