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436-461 Advanced Mechanics of Solids | |
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Note | This subject may NOT be offered every year. Please refer to the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Prerequisites | 436-431 Mechanics 4 or equivalent. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | Thirty-six hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials, assignments and /or laboratories |
Subject Description | Students completing this subject should have a deeper understanding of the finite element method and develop advanced analysis skills in the other topics selected. The content of the subject will comprise a selection from the finite element method and its application to practical problems in stress analysis; bending and buckling of plates and shells, anisotropic elasticity and its application to composite materials; viscoelasticity and engineering plasticity. |
Assessment | One 3-hour examination at the end of semester (80%), 2 assignments not exceeding 2000 words each excluding computations, diagrams, tables and computer output due half and three-quarters of the way through the semester (20%). |
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