Monday, March 17, 2008

Solid Mechanics Basics Tutorial - Lecture Notes On Solid Mechanics

Solid mechanics plays a key role in Engineering Design. Solid mechanics Concepts is very handy in Engineering Analysis. CAE software's works based on this theory which is programmed in special way to find the solution for engineering design. But its better for Engineers to know How CAE/FEA works, that is role of  Solid Mechanics in Engineering Design.

Solid mechanics is the branch of physics and mathematics that concerns the behavior of solid matter under external actions (e.g., external forces, temperature changes, applied displacements, etc.). It is part of a broader study known as continuum mechanics.

A material has a rest shape and its shape departs away from the rest shape due to stress. The amount of departure from rest shape is called deformation, the proportion of deformation to original size is called strain. If the applied stress is sufficiently low (or the imposed strain is small enough), almost all solid materials behave in such a way that the strain is directly proportional to the stress; the coefficient of the proportion is called the modulus of elasticity or Young's modulus. This region of deformation is known as the linearly elastic region.

And Few More Tutorials on Solid mechanics :

Lecture 1 (September 5, 2006): Introduction to the Course

Lecture 2 (September 7, 2006): Introduction to FEM

Lecture 3 (September 12, 2006): Introduction to FEM

Lecture 4 (September 14, 2006): Intro to FEM/Mathematical Background

Lecture 5 (September 19, 2006): Mathematical Background

Lecture 6 (September 21, 2006): Mathematical Background

Lecture 7 (September 26, 2006): Stress in a solid

Lecture 8 (September 28, 2006): Stress in a solid

Lecture 9 (October 3, 2006): Stress in a solid

Lecture 10 (October 5, 2006): Stress/strain in a solid

Lecture 11 (October 10, 2006): Strain in a solid

Lecture 12 (October 12, 2006): Strain in a solid

Lecture 13 (October 17, 2006): Strain in a solid

Lecture 14 (October 19, 2006): Mechanical Behaviors of a solid

Lecture 15 (October 24, 2006): Mechanical Behaviors of a solid

Lecture 16 (October 26, 2006): Mechanical Behaviors of a solid

Lecture 17 (November 2, 2006): Mechanical Behaviors of a solid

Lecture 18 (November 7, 2006): Boundary Value Problems in Linear Elasticity

Lecture 19 (November 9, 2006): Boundary Value Problems in Linear Elasticity

Lecture 20 (November 14, 2006): Boundary Value Problems in Linear Elasticity

Lecture 21 (November 16, 2006): BVPs & Variational Methods in Elasticity

Lecture 22 (November 21, 2006): Variational Methods in Elasticity

Lecture 23 (November 29, 2006): Variational Methods in Elasticity

Lecture 24 (November 30, 2006): Variational Methods in Elasticity

Lecture 25 (December 5, 2006): Boundary Value Problems in Plasticity

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