2.071  Mechanics of Solid Materials

Fall 2003

Instructor: Mary Cunningham Boyce

TA: Nuo Sheng

Lecture:  MW 9-10:30am  (1-150)        

Class Description: 

Fundamentals of solid mechanics applied to the mechanical behavior of engineering materials. Kinematics of deformation, stress, and balance principles. Isotropic linear elasticity and isotropic linear thermal elasticity. Variational and energy methods. Linear viscoelasticity. Small-strain elastic-plastic deformation. An introduction to the mechanics of large deformation; nonlinear hyperelastic material behavior.

This course is intended to serve two broad educational purposes: (1) to provide a practical and rigorous introductory graduate-level treatment of the foundations and methods of deformable-solid mechanics, including relevant applications. (2) to provide a firm basis for further (advanced) study and specialization within solid mechanics, including continuum mechanics, computational mechanics (e.g., finite-element methods), plasticity, fracture mechanics, structural mechanics, and nonlinear behavior of materials.

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