Mechanics of Materials: An Energy Approach (1.57)
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Prereq: 1.050 or permission of instructor
Units: 3-2-7
An opportunity to update knowledge in continuum mechanics and constitutive behavior, and modeling of engineering materials based on thermodynamics of irreversible processes. Introduction to continuum mechanics and material modeling of engineering materials based on first energy principles: deformation and strain; momentum balance, stress, and stress states; elasticity and elasticity bounds; plasticity and yield design. Overarching theme is a unified mechanistic language using thermodynamics, which allows for understanding, modeling, and design of a broad range of engineering materials.
F. J. Ulm
Materials from this class are available on OpenCourseWare.
