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

The forces may arise from the use of the metal as a member or part in a structure or machine, in which case it is necessary to know something about the limiting values which can be withstood without failure. On the other hand, the objective may be to convert a cast ingot into a more useful shape, such as a flat plate, and here it is necessary to know the conditions of temperature and rate of loading which minimize the forces that are needed to do the job.