ME 563 - Applied Elasticity

(4 credits)

Fundamentals of solid mechanics, stress-strain and equilibrium and compatibility equations, generalized Hook’s law, boundary conditions. Plane strain and generalized plane stress, plane elasticity. Airy stress function, torsion and bending, St. Venant principle, introduction to thermoelasticity, and numerical methods. Offered winter.

Course revisions made after the Graduate Catalog publication date will be posted in the Graduate Catalog Addendum.