ENGINEERING MECHANICS (E M)

502. Introduction to Finite Element Methods (3) (Identical with C E 502, which is home).

505. Continuum Mechanics (4) Analysis of deformation, principal stresses and strains, velocity fields, and rate of deformation; constitutive and field equations; elementary elasticity. P, C E 417, or consult department before enrolling.

508. Fracture Mechanics (3) Modes of fracture; crack propagation; Griffith energy balance; crack tip plasticity; J-integral; fatigue cracks; analytical and numerical techniques; constitutive models for damaged materials. P, 505, or consult with department.

511. Advanced Finite Element Analysis (3) Approximation functions, Lagrangian and Hermitian interpolation, isoparametric elements and numerical integration; mixed, hybrid and boundary element methods, nonlinear analysis, nonlinear problems in solids under static and dynamic loads, time integration schemes, fluid and heat flow coupled problems and mass transport. P, C E 402, or consult department before enrolling.

596. Seminar

a. Research Topics (1) (Identical with C E 596a, which is home).

603. Elasticity Theory and Application (3) General three-dimensional equations of elasticity; problems in plane stress, plane strain, extension, torsion; energy, residual and other solution methods; applications to rings, beams, plates, torsion and other problems. P, C E 217, 302.

604. Plasticity Theory and Application (3) Yield conditions and flow rules for perfectly plastic and strain hardening materials; application to various elastoplastic problems such as bars, cylinders and plates; effect of volume change behavior, isotropic and anisotropic hardening plasticity with expanding/contracting yield surfaces. P, C E 417 or E M 603, or consult department before enrolling.

633. Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (3) Vibrations and dynamic response of structural systems to periodic and arbitrary loadings and support motion; response spectrum and step-by-step formulations for seismic analysis and design. P, 635, A ME 250.

635. Matrix Methods in Structural Mechanics (3) Formulation of the force and displacement methods; the finite element method, with application to bar, beam, plate, and shell structures; organization and development of computer programs; linear and nonlinear systems. P, C E 331 or A ME 461.

637. Plates and Shells (3) Theory and analysis of circular, rectangular and continuous plates by classical, numerical and approximate methods; introduction to in-plane forces and shells. P, C E 336 or A ME 324.

639. Energy Methods in Engineering Mechanics (3) General concepts and principles in mechanics, conservative mechanical systems, variational methods. Applications to deformable bodies.

648. Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials (3) (Identical with C E 648, which is home).

 

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