Configurational Forces: Defects in Materials

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Explores configurational forces and interaction energy in solid mechanics.

Introduces the fundamentals of structural mechanics, covering equilibrium, boundary conditions, free-body diagrams, and constraints.

Explores defects in materials, grain boundaries, grain coarsening kinetics, the glass transition, and vacancy creation.

Discusses equilibrium, extension analysis, stress distribution, and strain components' compatibility for a valid solution.

Covers examples of potentials in virtual work for structural mechanics.

Covers linear elasticity, focusing on cylindrically-symmetric problems and the simplification of Hooke's Law for axially-symmetric cases.

Explores the Weibull model's application to random data and its significance in analyzing material strength and failure probability.

Explores energy accumulation in materials during plastic deformation and the effects of dislocation density and heating.

Explores random materials, solutes, and their impact on mechanical performance, including strength, toughness, and fatigue.

Covers the equations of linear elasticity for static problems with small strain, emphasizing uniqueness of solutions and Navier's Equations.