Courses
Engineering Sciences 120. Introduction to the Mechanics of Solids
Catalog Number: 1493 - Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6.
A first course in the mechanical sciences which introduces elements of continuum mechanics and explains how materials and structures stretch, bend, twist, shake, buckle, and break. Stress-strain behavior of materials. Statically determinate and indeterminate structures. Stress and strain, equations of motion or equilibrium, strain-displacement relations. Torsion. Beam theory with applications to beam deflections, vibrations, and buckling. Three laboratory sessions required.
Prerequisites: Physics 11a or 15a, and Applied Mathematics 21a or Mathematics 21a (previously) and Applied Mathematics 21b or Mathematics 21b (previously or concurrently).
Engineering Sciences 240. Solid Mechanics
Catalog Number: 2984 - Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10 and a weekly section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Foundations of continuum mechanics, development of elasticity theory, and introduction to plasticity and creep. Elastic waves. Basic elasticity solutions. Variational principles.
Prerequisites: Applied Mathematics 105 (formerly Applied Mathematics 105b) or equivalent; introduction to solid mechanics at the level of Engineering Sciences 120, or Earth and Planetary Sciences 108 or 166, or Applied Physics 293.
Engineering Sciences 246. Plasticity
Catalog Number: 4271 - Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 2:30-4. Exam Group: 16, 17
Phenomenological theories for strain hardening materials; flow and deformation theories. Variational principles and other general theorems. Mechanisms of plastic deformation, physical theories for strain hardening materials, and polycrystals. Ideal plasticity. Boundary value problems, plastic collapse, buckling of structures.
Prerequisites: Engineering Sciences 240, or equivalent.
Engineering Sciences 247. Fracture Mechanics
Catalog Number: 7152 - Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Fundamentals of fracture with applications in materials and structural mechanics. Micromechanics of fracture in ceramics, metals, and polymers. Fracture of composite materials. Interfacial fracture mechanics. Fatigue crack propagation.
Prerequisites: Engineering Sciences 240 or equivalent.