Credits: 4 (3-1-0)
Description
Cartesian tensors, axioms, motion, stress, equations of motion, Poil, Kirchoff stress, finite strain measures, strain energy, small strains, linear elastic constitutive equations. Basic problems. General theorems of uniqueness. Superposition and reciprocity. St. Venant’s problem. Plane problems. Principle of virtual work. Potential energy. Complementary energy. Reissner’s variational principles. Approximate analytical and numerical methods of solution.