Solid Mechanics: Modeling and Simulation

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Covers the main learning objectives of ME-411, focusing on dimensional analysis, scalings, and mechanical elements.

Covers the fundamentals of structural mechanics, including materials, mechanics vocabulary, the Eiffel Tower, and the collapse of the Quebec Bridge.

Introduces 3D linear elasticity, beams, dimensional analysis, and mechanics of slender structures.

Explores computational inverse design of deployable structures and geometric computing for materials fabrication and engineering applications.

Explores critical strain, bending mechanics, and strain calculation in flexible probes.

Introduces laminate analysis, covering plane stress, rotation in 2D, and special laminates.

Covers the computation of elastic energy in solid mechanics and equilibrium steps using conjugate gradients.

Introduces internal stress and strain, material properties, and design considerations for axial loads and direct shear.

Explores continuum mechanics, covering laws of thermodynamics, stress analysis, energy conservation, constitutive laws, and material response.

Explores stress, strain invariants, constitutive laws, failure criteria, and material properties in solid mechanics.