Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: ELASTICITY, PLASTICITY AND DAMAGE MECHANICS

Department: Civil & Environmental Engr

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

Description: An overview of phenomena that determine the response of solids to deformation and loading: elasticity, plasticity, damage mechanics and cracking. Review of continuum mechanics with emphasis on the physical mechanisms of deformation and fracture. Classification of the behavior of solids. Modeling of different types of material behavior. The physics underlying the phenomena and methods for the numerical analysis of the resulting equations are discussed. Cross-list: MECH 519.