EMA 622: Mechanics of Continua

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EMA 622 - Mechanics of Continua

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622 Mechanics of Continua. I or II; 3 cr (P-A). Tensor analysis; analysis of stress, strain and rate of strain; application of Newtonian mechanics to deformable media; mechanical constitutive equations; field equations of fluid mechanics and elasticity. P: Math 340 & Math 321 or cons inst.

Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Linear Mathematics
Applied Mathematical Analysis

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

L. E. Malvern, Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium, Prentice-Hall, 1969.

Course objectives

This course emphasizes the mathematical and physical foundations of solid and fluid mechanics.

Topics covered

Vector and tensor analysis
Cartesian coordinate systems
Motion of continuum
Material derivative
Balance of momentum and angular momentum
Theory of stress
Kinematics, strain, rate of strain
Conservation of mass
Observer invariance
Elastic fluid
Potential theory
Viscous fluid
Elastic material

Person(s) who prepared this description

Millard W. Johnson, Jr.

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Date last modified: 03-Aug-2007
Date created: 31-Mar-1999
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