Continuum Mechanics

Objectives

Basic notions of Continuum Mechanics will be presented to students, namely concepts of continuum substance, stress, strain and constitutive relations will be introduced. Geometrical and physical linearity, principle of superposition, classical formulation of boundary-value problem and methods of its resolution will be explained in view of firm preparation of students for Mechanics of Materials and other related fields of study. Strain energy and principal of virtual work will also be explained, in order to establish basis for variational principles and consequently prepare students for further courses of Numerical Methods and especially of Finite Element Method.

General characterization

Code

12164

Credits

3.0

Responsible teacher

João Carlos Gomes Rocha de Almeida, Rui Pedro César Marreiros

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 61

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

V. Dias da Silva, "Mechanics and Strength of Materials", 2006, Springer

Teaching method

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Evaluation method

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Subject matter

1. Introduction, concepts of continuum matter
2. Cartesian tensors, tensor calculus
3. Stress
4. Strain
5. Material behavior
6. Principle of virtual work

Programs

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