1. Introduction - crystalline and amorphous structure.
2. Defects in the crystalline structure.
3. Tensile tests and mechanical properties of materials.
4. Hook´s law, Poisson´s law, stress, deformations. Anisotropy.
5. Stress and strain tensor transformation.
6. Strength hypothesis. Haigh\\\'s experiments.
7. Stress concentration. Fracture.
8. Fatigue of materials.
9. Creep and relaxation of materials.
10. Residual stress measurement. Non-Destructive Evaluation and defectoscopy.
11. Corrosion and mechanisms of wear.
12. Non ferrous metals. Ceramics.
13. Polymers and their mechanical testing.
14. Composites. Material selection process.