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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of stress and strain (definitions, transformation of axes, equilibrium equations, and symmetry of the stress tensor); linear materials, Hooke's law; strain energy, potential energy, energy principles and methods; two-dimensional problems in elasticity (torsion, axisymmetric problems); the finite-element method for two- and three-dimensional boundary-value problems in linear elasticity; plasticity (introduction, yield criteria, elastic-plastic behavior, and limit-load calculations); linear-elastic fracture mechanics (introduction, Griffith's approach, stress intensity factor, and energy release rate). Prerequisite: MATH 241 or MATH 380; TAM 251.
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3.00 Credits
Basic theories for measuring stresses and deformations in load-carrying engineering components; use of optical, electrical, and mechanical instrumentation; laboratory sessions on brittle coatings, electrical resistance strain gages, photoelasticity, and moire interferometry. Lecture lab format. Prerequisite: TAM 251.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the mechanics of biological cells and tissues: cell structure; mechanics of biomembranes; the cytoskeleton and cortex; dynamic cell processes; cell motility and control of cell shape and proliferation; experimental approaches and theoretical models. Same as BIOE 461. Prerequisite: TAM 251.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introduction to modern computational mechanics: mappings and iterative methods; stability; convergence; consistency; numerical and symbolic solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations; finite-difference methods; the finite-element method; spectral methods. Applications to problems in solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, and dynamics. Same as CSE 450. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Graduate students receive 4 graduate hours credit upon successful completion of an additional computational project. Prerequisite: CS 101 and MATH 285.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Individual studies in any area of theoretical and applied mechanics. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours, with a maximum of 8 hours in any one term. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in theoretical and applied mechanics intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 12 graduate hours.
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3.00 Credits
Thesis investigation of special subjects in mechanics, including theoretical and/or experimental research. No graduate credit. Approval of the head of the department is required to register.
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1.00 Credits
Lectures and discussion on current topics in theoretical and applied mechanics. Required of all graduate students each term. Required of all TAM graduate students each term. Approved for S/U grading only.
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4.00 Credits
Review of theory of multi-degree-of-freedom systems; problems in the free and forced vibration of continuous linear elastic structures, rods, beams, membranes, plates, and three-dimensional solid and fluid bodies; Lagrangian densities, Sturm-Liouville problems, time and frequency domains, damping, Green's functions, and elastic waves; propagation and modal analysis; modeling of damping in structures; response of complex structures. Prerequisite: TAM 412, TAM 542, and TAM 551.
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4.00 Credits
Same as ECE 545. See ECE 545.
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