Description
In this course, you will learn:
- Introduction to material modeling of engineering materials and structures using a unified framework of thermodynamics of irreversible processes. The subject is composed of four parts:
	
- Deformation and Strain
 - Momentum Balance, Stress and Stress States
 - Elasticity and Elasticity Bounds
 - Plasticity and Yield Design
 
 
Syllabus:
1. Deformation and Strain
- Description of Finite Deformation
 - Infinitesimal Deformation — Part a , Part b , and Part c
 
2. Momentum Balance and Stresses
- Momentum Balance
 - Stress States/Failure Criterion
 
3. Elasticity and Elasticity Bounds
- Thermoelasticity
 - Variational Methods
 
4. Plasticity and Yield Design
- 1D-Plasticity–An Energy Approach
 - Plasticity Models
 - Limit Analysis and Yield Design
 









