TMHL41 Continuum Mechanics, ECTS-points
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Advancement level:
D

Aim:
In continuum mechanics one studies the mechanical behaviour of a continuous medium. The concept of continuum mechanics therefore contains fluid as well as solid mechanics. An exception is, for instance, fracture mechanics (since a fracture or a crack implies a discontinuity within the material). Frequently, one gives the concept of continuum mechanics a more limited meaning, namely the part of fluid and solid mechanics in which fundamental concepts and definitions are established and studied for later use within applied fluid and solid mechanics. The aim of the course follows this definition, and we limit ourselves to mainly the solid mechanics part.

Prerequisites:
Solid mechanics I and II (or corresponding)

Course content:
1 Mathematical fundamentals 2 Stress analysis 3 Displacement and strain 4 Motion 5 Fundamental laws (balance laws) 6 Linear elasticity 7 Fundamental plasticity

Course literature:
A. J. M. Spencer: Continuum Mechanics, London, U.K.,1980. H. Odenö, A. Klarbring: Plasticitetsteori, LiTH-IKP-S-257, IKP, LiTH, 1984.

TEN 1Written examination
Course language is Swedish.