Course: Continuum Mechanics

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Course title Continuum Mechanics
Course code KMA/PGSMK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 15
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vodák Rostislav, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction: Thermodynamics laws, derivation of non-linear field theory, coupled thermoelasticity, linearization. Kinematics: bodies, deformations, motions, transport theorems, mass, conservation laws of mass, momentum. Force, stress, Cauchy stress theorem, Finite elasticity: The Piola - Kirchhoff stress, hyperelastic bodies. Linear elasticity, Korn inequality, special 2D cases. Contact problems and inequalities, inclusion and hemivariational inequalities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Gain knowledge of continuum mechanics problems and realize their essence and principles.
Knowledge Gain knowledge required in order to study and solve continuum mechanics problems.
Prerequisites
Master's degree in mathematics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Exam: to know and to understand the subject
Recommended literature
  • D.E. Carlson. (1972). Linear Thermoelasticity, Encyclopedia of Physics, VIa/2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • G. Duvaut, J. L. Lions. (1976). Inequalities in Mechanics and Physics. Springer, Berlin.
  • J. Haslinger, I., Hlaváček, J. Nečas, J. Lovíšek. (1982). Riešenie variačných nerovností v mechanike. ALFA, Bratislava.
  • J. Haslinger, M. Miettinen, P.D. Panagiotopoulos. (1999). Finite Element Method for Hemivariational Inequalities. Theory, Methods and Applications. Kluwer, Dordrecht.
  • J. Nečas, I. Hlaváček. (1983). Úvod do matematické teorie pružných a pružně plastických těles. SNTL, Praha.
  • M. E. Gurtin. (1981). An Introduction to Continuum mechanics. Academic Press, New York.
  • M. E. Gurtin. (1972). The linear theory of elasticity, Encyclopedia of Physics, VIa. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • P.G. Ciarlet. Mathematical Elasticity, Volume I.: Three-dimensional elasticity, II.: Theory of plates. Elsevier, Amsterdam 1986, 1997.


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