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Me540 Syllabus

This document outlines the objectives, schedule, instructor, textbook, grading, and learning outcomes for the ME 540 Continuum Mechanics course at the University of Idaho. The course is intended to introduce students to the governing principles and techniques of continuum mechanics, including kinematics, stress measures, conservation laws, and constitutive theories. Students will apply tensor algebra and calculus to solve three-dimensional engineering problems. The course will cover applications in solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics.

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Me540 Syllabus

This document outlines the objectives, schedule, instructor, textbook, grading, and learning outcomes for the ME 540 Continuum Mechanics course at the University of Idaho. The course is intended to introduce students to the governing principles and techniques of continuum mechanics, including kinematics, stress measures, conservation laws, and constitutive theories. Students will apply tensor algebra and calculus to solve three-dimensional engineering problems. The course will cover applications in solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics.

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University of Idaho

ME 540 Continuum Mechanics


Spring Semester, 2018

Objective: Continuum mechanics is the foundation for the analytical and numerical
modeling of problems in several areas of mechanical engineering. In this
class, students will be introduced to the governing principles and
techniques used to formulate both the framework (kinematics) and the
constitutive (kinetics) theories of various problems from mechanical
engineering. Students will also learn and apply tensor algebra and calculus
as a necessary means to formulate and solve engineering problems in three
dimensions. Applications in solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, heat
transfer and thermodynamics will be discussed.

Class hours: M W F 8:30 am - 9:20 am, EP 203

Instructor: Dr. Gabriel Potirniche


324Q Engineering-Physics Building
phone: (208) 885-4049
e-mail: [email protected]

Office hours: Mon. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm


Wed. 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Textbook: J.N. Reddy, An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics, 2nd edition,


Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-107-02543-1

Webpage: http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~gabrielp/ME540/ME540.html

Grading: Homework 30%


Midterm Exams (2) 35%
Final Exam (comprehensive) 35%

A: 90-100 B: 80-89 C: 70-79 D: 60-69 F: 0-59

Homework: No late homework allowed.

Learning outcomes:

1. Introduction to continuum mechanics. The students will be given a brief


introduction to continuum mechanics, in which this discipline will be discussed in
the context of other mechanical engineering disciplines to identify the common
aspects that relate them.

2. Mathematical foundations: scalar/vector/tensor algebra and calculus. The


students will learn the definitions, properties and relations between scalars,
vectors and tensors through the various mathematical operations that they undergo
in continuum mechanics. Direct exemplification with the physical interpretation
of each tensor operation will be provided to students, to facilitate a better grasping
of the mathematical tools used in continuum mechanics.

3. Kinematics. Students will learn the two frameworks in which the motion of
continuum bodies can be described, i.e. the Lagrangian and the Eulerian frames of
reference. They will also learn the different variables associated with the motion
of a continuum for both quasi-static and time-dependent processes. The students
will learn about the deformation gradient, different definitions of strains, velocity
gradient, deformation and spin rates, and strain rates.

4. Stress measures. In the context of large deformations of continua, students will


learn about different stress definitions, depending on the frame of reference to
which the motion of a continuum is reported.

5. Conservation laws. All natural processes, including those that engineers study,
obey certain absolute laws or principles. The main governing principles in
mechanical engineering will presents. Students will learn about the conservation
of mass, conservation of linear and angular momenta, and the first and second law
of thermodynamics.

6. Constitutive theories. A constitutive theory describes the particular features and


rates at which processes evolve in different materials or media. Students will learn
some of the constitutive theories that apply to the modeling of certain behaviors in
solids and fluids.

7. Linear elasticity and viscoelasticity. An example of a constitutive theory is the


elastic behavior of materials, which oftentimes is linear and either rate-
independent or rate-dependent. Student will learn the main equations that describe
this behavior, as one of the most common design tools for engineering
components.

Disability Support Services Reasonable Accommodations Statement:


Reasonable accommodations are available for students who have documented
temporary or permanent disabilities. All accommodations must be approved
through Disability Support Services located in the Idaho Commons Building,
Room 306 in order to notify your instructor(s) as soon as possible regarding
accommodation(s) needed for the course.
 885-6307
 email at <[email protected]>
 website at <www.access.uidaho.edu>

University of Idaho Student Code of Conduct, Article II, Section 1:

Cheating on classroom or outside assignments, examinations, or tests is a


violation of this code. Plagiarism, falsification of academic records, and the
acquisition or use of test materials without faculty authorization are considered
forms of academic dishonesty and, as such, are violations of this code. Because
academic honesty and integrity are core values at a university, the faculty finds
that even one incident of academic dishonesty seriously and critically endangers
the essential operation of the university and may merit expulsion.

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