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Topics in continuum mechanics

Lecturer: 
Course Type: 
PhD Course
Academic Year: 
2024-2025
Period: 
October - February
Duration: 
60 h
Description: 

This is a 60-hours introductory course on continuum mechanics and its applications. The aim is to provide first year students with a solid understanding of the fundamental principles of the subject. Topics covered by the course will include but are not limited to: i) reminders on tensor algebra and calculus; ii) kinematics of deformable bodies (deformation, motion, material and spatial description of relevant fields); iii) balance laws of continuum mechanics (conservation of mass, balance of linear and angular momentum, and their consequences); iv) constitutive assumptions and invariance of material response under a change in observer; v) continuum thermodynamics (energy balance, entropy imbalance, Clausius-Duhem inequality, Helmholtz free energy, Coleman-Noll procedure); vi) selected topics in fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, and on the mechanics of biological systems and active materials.

Books:
  • M. Gurtin, Introduction to Continuum Mechanics, Academic Press, 1981
  • M. Gurtin, L. Anand, and E. Fried, The Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Continua, Cambridge UP, 2010
  • D. Bigoni, Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, Bifurcation Theory and Material Instability, Cambridge UP, 2012
  • P. Podio-Guidugli, Continuum Thermodynamics, Springer, 2019

 

Location: 
A-133
Next Lectures: 
Thursday, November 14, 2024 - 16:00 to 18:00
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Thursday, November 21, 2024 - 16:00 to 18:00
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Thursday, November 28, 2024 - 16:00 to 18:00
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 16:00 to 18:00
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 16:00 to 18:00
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Thursday, December 19, 2024 - 16:00 to 18:00
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - 11:00 to 13:00
Thursday, January 9, 2025 - 16:00 to 18:00
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 11:00 to 13:00
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 16:00 to 18:00
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 11:00 to 13:00
Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 16:00 to 18:00
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 11:00 to 13:00
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 16:00 to 18:00
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 11:00 to 13:00
Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 16:00 to 18:00

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