Another Excellent Text: Continuum Mechanics For Engineers, Second Edition, G. Thomas Mase and George E. Mase, CRC Press.
Instructor: T. J. Pence, 2452 EB, 353-3889, pence@egr.msu.edu.
Teaching Assistant: Jorge Olortegui-Yume, A108 Engineering
Research Complex, 353-9998, olortegu@egr.msu.edu
Time and Place: MWF 9:10-10:00 in 2205 EB
Office Hours: MWF
10:20-11:10
Required Text: Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, Gerhard Holzapfel, Wiley.
Another Excellent Text: Continuum Mechanics For Engineers, Second
Edition,
G. Thomas Mase and George E. Mase, CRC Press.
Course Rationale: Continuum mechanics forms the basis for the analysis of the macroscopic behavior of solids, liquids and gases under the influence of external effects due to surface loads, body forces, and heating. As such it is central to the scientific disciplines of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics and forms a common basis for further study in elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity, fluid mechanics and gas dynamics.
Course Description: Mathematical tools of continuum mechanics, stress principles, kinematics of deformation and motion, fundamental laws and equations. Applications in linear elasticity and classical fluids.
Grading: Grades will be assigned on the basis of homework (35%), two midterm exams (20% each) and a final exam (25%). You may expect from eight to ten homework assignments. The final exam is scheduled for 7:45 am, Thursday Dec. 14.
Policy: The due dates for the homework will be announced in class for the individual assignments. A limited degree of mutual assistance on homework is permissible, but all submitted assignments must utlimately be the student's own work. No late homework will be accepted for grading. Students are expected to attend lectures and class absence is no excuse for being unaware of announcements or course materials. The instuctor is not responsible for providieng lecture notes due to a student's absence. Students are on their honor to neither seek nor give unauthorized support or assistance on the Midterm and Final, nor to seek any unfair advantage over other students. Students are responsible for the security of their examination papers.