Finite Element Methods in Nonlinear Continua

Instructor:     PAPADOPOULOS, P
Location:     TuTh 930-11A, 3113 ETCHEVERRY

Prerequisites: 280A or equivalent; background in continuum mechanics at the level of 185.

 

Course Description: A brief review of continuum mechanics. Consistent linearization of kinematical variables and balance laws. Incremental formulations of the equations of motion. Solution of the nonlinear field equations by Newton's method and its variants. General treatment of constraints. Applications to nonlinear material and kinematical modeling on continua.