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Instructor: R. E. Smelser

This document outlines the course description, prerequisites, objectives, and topics covered in MEGR 6141/8141 Theory of Elasticity I taught in the fall semester. The course introduces the fundamentals of stress, strain, and stress-strain relationships in elastic media and their application to solving two- and three-dimensional engineering problems using structural mechanics and energy methods. Over 10 weeks, it covers mathematical preliminaries, forces and stress, kinematics, balance laws, constitutive equations, basic equations of elasticity, and solution of simple problems, as well as plane problems, energy methods, and miscellaneous additional topics depending on time.

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Instructor: R. E. Smelser

This document outlines the course description, prerequisites, objectives, and topics covered in MEGR 6141/8141 Theory of Elasticity I taught in the fall semester. The course introduces the fundamentals of stress, strain, and stress-strain relationships in elastic media and their application to solving two- and three-dimensional engineering problems using structural mechanics and energy methods. Over 10 weeks, it covers mathematical preliminaries, forces and stress, kinematics, balance laws, constitutive equations, basic equations of elasticity, and solution of simple problems, as well as plane problems, energy methods, and miscellaneous additional topics depending on time.

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MEGR 6141/8141 - Theory of Elasticity I

Fall Semester
Instructor: R. E. Smelser
Course Description: Introduction to the theory of elastic media; the fundamentals of stress, strain, stress-strain
relationships, compatibility and equilibrium. Applications to two- and three-dimensional problems. Structural
mechanics and energy methods.

Prerequisite: MEGR 3221 or permission of department.

Objective: Develop an understanding of the concepts of elasticity theory and its application in solving engineering
problems.

I. Mathematical Preliminaries VII. Solution of Simple Problems


• Vectors and Tensors • Tension of a Bar
• Indicial Notation, and Summation Convention • Torsion of Circular and Non-circular Bars
• Vector and Tensor Algebra • Bending and Flexure of Beams
• Matrices and Determinants
• Vector and Tensor Calculus VIII. Plane Problems of Elastostatics
• Integral Theorems
• Plane Strain and Plane Stress
II. Forces, Equilibrium, and Stress • Airy’s Stress Function
• Forces and Traction Vectors • Applications
• Integral Statements of Equilibrium
IX. Energy Methods in Elasticity
• Cauchy’s Stress Principle
• Principal Stresses and Principal Directions • Principle of Virtual Work
III. Kinematics • Principle of Minimum and Complementary
Strain Energy
• Motions and Deformation • Reciprocal Theorem of Betti and Rayleigh
• Deformation Gradient • Applications
• Finite Strain Tensor
• Rotation and Stretch Tensors X. Miscellaneous Topics as Time Permits
• Infinitesimal Strain Tensor
• Compatibility Conditions for Infinitesimal • Three-Dimensional Problems and Solutions
Deformations • Thermoelasticity
• Hyperelasticity
IV. Balance Laws • Fracture and Micromechanics
• Conservation of Mass
• Euler’s Equations of Motion
• Conservation of Energy
• Entropy Inequality
(Clausius - Duhem Inequality)
V. Elastic Constitutive Equation
• Mechanical Behavior of Materials
• Linear Elastic Response and Hooke’s Law
• Isotropic Linear Elastic Materials
VI. Basic Equations of Linear Elasticity
• Governing Field Equations in Various Forms
• Boundary and Initial Conditions
• Uniqueness of Solutions in Elastostatics

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