Advanced mechanics of materials and applied elasticity

Description

Cartesian tensors -- Strain and stress tensors -- Stress-strain relations -- Yield and failure criteria -- Formulation and solution of boundary value problems using the linear theory of elasticity -- Prismatic bodies subjected to torsional moments at their ends -- Plane strain and plane stress problems in elasticity -- Theories of mechanics of materials -- Theories of mechanics of materials for straight beams made from isotropic, linearly elastic materials -- Non-prismatic members : Stress concentrations -- Planar curved beams -- Thin-walled, tubular members -- Integral theorems of structural mechanics -- Analysis of statically indeterminate framed structures -- The finite element model -- Plastic analysis and design of structures -- Mechanics of materials theory for thin plates -- Instability of elastic structures.