ES526 THEORY OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA II
| Course Code: | 5610526 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Engineering Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. TURGUT TOKDEMİR |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to provide graduate-level knowledge of advanced continuum mechanics concepts, focusing on the mathematical and physical foundations of deformable bodies and continuous media. The course emphasizes the development of constitutive models, balance laws, and their applications to modern engineering problems involving solids and fluids. Students will acquire both the theoretical background and the practical tools required for research and advanced analysis in continuum mechanics.
Course Content
Theory of elasticity: General approach, linear constitutive equations, material symmetries, isotropic materials. Wave propagation in isotropic elastic solids. Thermo-elasticity: General approach, linear constitutive equations, isotropic materials. Thermo-elastic waves. Fluid dynamics: Incompressible and compressible fluids, propagation of shock waves. Viscoelasticity: Mechanical models, linear theories.
Course Learning Outcomes
By taking this course students will have
- Extend the principles of continuum mechanics to nonlinear material behavior and advanced constitutive models.
- Formulate and analyze boundary value problems in complex engineering systems using continuum mechanics.
- Employ thermodynamic principles to develop and validate constitutive equations.
- Utilize advanced tensor calculus and mathematical tools for solving continuum mechanics problems.
- Integrate continuum mechanics theory into computational and experimental research in solid and fluid mechanics.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Skills to analyse and to use different experiment set ups | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Skills to apply mathematical models to experimental and observatory results | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to write and present research outcomes | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Awareness of academic and research ethics | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Ability to work in multidisciplinary groups | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Skills to follow new developments in basic science and engineering areas | ✔ | |||