MEMA - Mechanics and Materials
MEMA 602 Continuum Mechanics
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Development of field equations for analysis of continua (solids as well as fluids); conservation laws; kinematics, constitutive behavior of solids and fluids; applications to aerospace engineering problems involving solids and fluids. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross Listing: AERO 603 and MEEN 608.
MEMA 625/AERO 617 Micromechanics
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Eigenstrains; inclusions, and inhomogeneities; Eshelby's solution for an ellipsoidal inclusion; Eshelby's equivalent inclusion method; effective elastic properties of composites; composite spheres and cylinders models; bounds on effective moduli; Hashin-Shtrikman bounds; applications to fiber, whisker and particulate reinforced composites; introduction to micromechanics of inelastic composites and solids with damage. Prerequisites: MEMA 602, AERO 603, AERO 605. Cross Listing: AERO 617/MEMA 625.
MEMA 626/AERO 618 Mechanics of Active Materials
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Introduction to coupled field theories: constitutive response of materials with thermal and electromagnetic coupling; microstructural changes due to phase transformations; shape memory alloys; piezoelectric and magnetostrictive materials; active polymers and solutions; micromechanics of active composites. Prerequisite: MEMA 602. Cross Listing: AERO 618/MEMA 626.
MEMA 641 Plasticity Theory
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Theory of plastic yield and flow of two and three-dimensional bodies; classical plasticity theories, unified viscoplastic theories, numerical considerations; applications and comparisons of theory to experiment. Prerequisite: MEMA 602.
MEMA 646 Introduction to the Finite Element Method
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Weak or variational formulation of differential equations governing one- and two-dimensional problems of engineering; finite element model development and analysis of standard problems of solid mechanics (bars, beams and plane elasticity), heat transfer and fluid mechanics; time-dependent problems; computer implementation and use of simple finite element codes in solving engineering problems. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate classification.
MEMA 648 Nonlinear Finite Element Methods in Structural Mechanics
Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.
MEMA 649/AERO 649 Generalized Finite Element Methods
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Systemic introduction to the theory and practice of generalized finite element (FE) methods, including GFEM, the hp-cloud method, particle methods, and various meshless methods with similar character; precise formulation of the methods are presented; known theoretical results for convergence; important issues related to implementation, issues of numerical integration. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross Listing: AERO 649/MEMA 649.
MEMA 689 Special Topics in...
Credits 1 to 4.
1 to 4 Lecture Hours.
Selected topics in an identified area of mechanics and materials. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.