Lecturer:
Course Type:
PhD Course
Academic Year:
2020-2021
Period:
October - February
Duration:
60 h
Description:
- Reminders on Linear Algebra and Tensor Calculus
- Kinematics of deformable bodies
- Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions of motion
- Balance laws of continuum mechanics: conservation of mass, balance of linear and angular momentum, energy balance and dissipation inequality
- Constitutive equations
- Fluid dynamics: the Navier Stokes equations
- Solid mechanics: nonlinear and linearized elasticity
- Selected topics from the mechanics of biological systems
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
Research Group:
Location:
A-133 and/or online via Zoom