All policies and guidelines regarding the structure of the course and assessment are laid out in detail in the Policies and Guidelines tab.
The following is the outline of the course together with lecture notes and problem sheets for the first four weeks of the semester.
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Topics
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Problem Sheets
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Introduction: Notes
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Mathematical Preliminaries: Notes
(There will be no lectures for this topic. It is meant purely for self-study.)
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Kinematics:
Notes Recorded Notes
Deformation: [L1] Displacement: [L2] Quantification of deformation: [L3] Strain: [L4], [L5], [L6], [L7] Rigid-Body Rotation: [L8] Principal Strains and Principal Axes of Strain: [L9] Strain Compatibility: [L10]
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PS 1
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Stress:
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Recorded Notes
Introduction to Stress: [L11] Traction: [L12] Connection between Traction Vector and Stress:
- Balance of Linear Momentum: [L13]
- Balance of Linear Momentum Applied to a Tetrahedron: [L14], [L15]
Cauchy’s Formula: [L16] Cauchy’s Equations of Motion and Stress Equilibrium Equations: [L17] Normal and Shear Components of Traction: [L18] Principal Stresses: [L19] State of Stress Referred to Principal Directions: [L20] Octahedral Stress: [L21] Mean and Deviatoric Stress: [L22]
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PS 2
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Constitutive Relations:
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Recorded Notes
- Constitutive Relations: [L23]
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PS3
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2D Elasticity:
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Recorded Notes
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PS4
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