ME5312 Syllabus
Spring, 2023
Instructor's Name: Seiichi Nomura
Office Number: Room 304D, Woolf Hall
Office Telephone Number: 817.272.2012
Email Address: nomura@uta.edu
Office Hours: Open door
Course Number, Section Number and Course Title: ME5312-001/002/003, Continuum Mechanics
Time and Place of Class Meetings: 1:00PM-02:20PM MW ERB129 and ONLINE
Description of Course Content:
- Vectors and Tensors
- Stress
- Principal Stresses and Principal Axes
- Analysis of Deformation
- Velocity Fields and Compatibility Conditions
- Constitutive Equations and Compatibility Conditions
- Isotropy
- Mechanical Properties of Fluids and Solids
- Derivation of Field Equations
- Field Equations and Boundary Conditions in Fluids
Student Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the course "Continuum Mechanics," students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a mastery of tensor algebra and its application to stress and strain analysis.
- Analyze and apply concepts of isotropy in continua.
- Derive and interpret field equations such as elasticity and Navier-Stokes equations.
- Apply the fundamental principles of continuum mechanics to real-world engineering problems.
Requirements: None
Suggested Textbooks and Other Course Materials:Micromechanics with Mathematica by S. Nomura, Wiley (ISBN: 978-1-119-94503-1)
Descriptions of major assignments and examinations with due dates: One midterm and one final exams
Grading Policy:
- Mid-term 42.5%
- Final 42.5%
- Attendance 5%
- Homework 10%
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