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MANE 6170 - Mechanics of Solids


This course provides an introduction to the mechanics of solids from a continuum perspective. Topics covered in this course include: vector and tensor analysis, coordinate systems and calculus in curvilinear coordinate systems, kinematics (motion, deformation and strain), stress and momentum balance, energy principles and balance laws, linear isotropic and anisotropic elasticity, thermoelasticity, method of solutions for 2D and 3D linear elastic boundary value problems, applications to simple structures.

When Offered: Fall term annually.

Cross Listed: CIVL 6170  Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and the cross-listed course.

Credit Hours: 3



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