Review of linear algebra and tensor analysis; kinematics of the deformation; deformation and strain tensors; strain rates; balance equations and equations of motion; stress principle; stress power and conjugated stress-strain couples; stress rates; elements of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics for discrete and continuum systems; theremomechanics and constitutive theory; isotropic and anisotropic hyperelasticity; composite materials.
This course may not be repeated for credit.
Sections
This course will be offered next in
Fall 2015.