Continuum Mechanics
Postgraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 10
- Teaching semesters
- Spring
- Course code
- MAT252
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- English
Course description
Objectives and Content
Derivation of the fundamental equations in continuum mechanics with special emphasis on the equations of fluids and gases.
Learning Outcomes
After completed course, the students are expected to be able to:
- Explain central terms as material volume, particle and deformation tensor
- Explain the difference between Eulerian and Lagrangian definition of the equations of motion
- Derive conservation laws for mass, momentum, and energy on local and global form
- Define the stress tensor and derive it for ideal and Newtonian fluids
- Give models for simple motion in ideal and viscous fluids and analyze these
- Explain the model of linear elasticity
Semester of Instruction
Spring
Required Previous Knowledge
None
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
M241: 6 ECTS
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
Excercises
Forms of Assessment
Oral examination
Grading Scale
The grading scale used is A to F. Grade A is the highest passing grade in the grading scale, grade F is a fail.