ME586 VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES IN ELASTICITY
| Course Code: | 5690586 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. HALUK DARENDELİLER |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Cartesian tensors. Review of fundamental equations of elasticity. Basics of calculus of variations. First variation and Euler-Lagrange equations. Virtual work and complementary virtual work principles. Minimum potential energy, complementary energy, modified complementary energy and Hellinger-Reissner principles. Other derived principles. Application to bar, beam and plane stress problems. Introduction to finite element concepts. (S)