Fundamentals of Mechanical Testing (Udemy.com)
An Introduction to the Tools and Methods Used to Describe the Behavior of Materials or Components
Created by: Ray Harkins
Last updated August 2026
What you will learn
- Overview of why and how mechanical testing is used on a wide range of components and materials
- Introduction to physical metallurgy
- Overview of mechanical properties of interest to mechanical and material engineers
- Tensile testing, Hardness testing, Toughness testing, and Fatigue testing
- Detailed descriptions of nondestructive test methods such as liquid penetrant testing, eddy current testing, magnetic particle testing, and ultrasound
- Basic descriptions of other tests such as compressive, shear, creep rupture and torsional.
How it compares
Against the other 335 rated Udemy courses in Engineering on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 55% of them
- Reviews103#288 of 336 by number of reviews
- Length2.7 hoursshorter than 76% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 93% of them
Course Description
If you are a manufacturing, engineering, or quality professional working in metal processing, having a solid understanding of mechanical testing is certain to enhance your career. The estimations of physical properties needed to design with, process, and test materials and components are derived using various mechanical tests. These properties include:
Tensile
Hardness
Toughness
Compression resistance
Creep resistance
Shear strength
Fatigue life
In this course "Fundamentals of Mechanical Testing", you will learn detailed overviews of each of these tests, how they're performed, and how to interpret their results. You will also learn key ideas in physical metallurgy that affect a component's mechanical properties, and a rich overview of nondestructive test methods.
NDT, as it is called, includes a range of methods that allow a technician to gain critical understanding of a component's quality without damaging the sample. These methods include:
Liquid Penetrant Testing
Magnetic Particle Inspection
Radiography
Eddy Current Testing
Ultrasonic Testing
Visual Testing
In this course, we introduce students to these key methods, highlighting their capabilities and uses.
When you purchase this course, you not only receive LIFETIME ACCESS to all course materials, but you also get Q&A access through Udemy to the course's instructors:
Garry Pace, Licensed professional engineer and metallurgist
Ray Harkins, Senior manufacturing professional
So if you are looking to advance your skill set in the areas of quality, materials science, or materials processing, then this is the class for you!! Sign up today to step in the direction of your next career advancement. See you in class!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
103 Reviews
Ray Harkins
Ray Harkins is a senior manufacturing leader, educator, and founder of The Manufacturing Academy, with more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, quality engineering and management, and operations leadership. He currently serves as a General Manager in manufacturing, overseeing operations, quality, engineering, and continuous improvement while remaining actively engaged in solving the day-to-day challenges faced by manufacturers.
After beginning his career in manufacturing engineering, Ray expanded into quality and operations leadership, working alongside leading industry professionals throughout North America and Japan and touring hundreds of manufacturing facilities. These experiences shaped his belief that manufacturing professionals deserve practical training that they can immediately apply to improve quality, productivity, and their careers.
That philosophy has guided the development of more than 60 online courses covering Lean Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, Supply Chain Analytics, Manufacturing Leadership, Reliability Engineering, and Operations Management. His courses are used by individual professionals and corporate training departments worldwide and have helped more than 140,000 students build practical skills and advance their careers.
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Reviews
By Siddheswar Biswal on 9/20/2026
Excellent but limited to mechanical testings
By Raval Pratikkumar Farsuram on 6/24/2026
very good for fundamental knowledge.
By Clifford Panokarren on 5/28/2026
Very informative and educational as always. Captures the key concepts of both mechanical testing and NDT/NDE succinctly.
By Jelani Herbert on 5/7/2026
Great knowledge about testing materials and their properties.
By Sara Stowell on 11/13/2025
Solid explanations and I appreciated that it wasn't a super dry lecture the whole way through, either. Thanks
By Salam Nazar Ibrahim on 8/5/2025
I liked the way the explanation was very simple
By Thero Disele on 3/16/2025
Yes the course is very helpful to know the ability of the materials and their strength, and how tensile they can be and how ductile they can be, if you want your steel to be stronger the carbon is alloyed to steel and also ductile.
By Catalina Iordache on 2/14/2025
This is basic course in material testing, well structured, easy to follow. Recommended of you want the basis of material testing. It gives you a good idea about what material testing is, what is for, where it is used, without all the sometimes boring theory behind it.
By Li Ling Kee on 1/20/2025
Notes a lot repetitive
By Tharcisse RENZAHODUKE on 8/8/2024
The course was good but the audio has a problem
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