Mechanical metallurgy is the area of knowledge which deals with the behavior and response of metals to applied forces.

It will mean different things to different persons

Mechanical properties of metals or mechanical testing

The plastic working and shaping of metals

Theoretical aspects of the field, which merge with metal physics and physical metallurgy

Mechanical metallurgy is closely allied with applied mathematics and applied mechanics

Mechanical metallurgy is the area of metallurgy which is concerned primarily with the response of metals to forces or loads.

It is necessary to know something about the limiting values which can be withstood without failure.

A continuous body is one which does not contain voids or empty spaces of any kind.

A body is homogeneous if it has identical properties at all points.

A body is considered to be isotropic with respect to some property when that property does not vary with direction or orientation.

A property which varies with orientation with respect to some system of axes is said to be anisotropic.