MECH 3308 - Applied Elasticity

Prerequisites: EASC 2222, MATH 2203. Stress and strain tensors. Equilibrium equations. Transformation equations for stress and strain. Principal stresses and maximum shear stress. Stress-strain relations. Measurement of strain. Theories of yielding and fracture. Introduction to matrix methods of structural analysis, the finite element method, and computer-aided engineering. 4 credits.