Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 22 x 1 Hour Lectures |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours Written Exam | 100% |
| Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Written Exam | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Give the definitions of strain and stress and explain the relations connecting them.
2. Manipulate tensors.
3. Formulate simple problems in 2D elasticity and provide appropriate boundary conditions.
4. Demonstrate the ability to employ coordinate systems appropriate to the situation being modelled.
5. Derive analytic solutions to one and two-dimensional problems in linear elasticity.
Brief description
The aim of this module is to introduce the mathematical theory of linear elasticity in its 2D formulation. It will start from a broad framework in which a model of the deformation of a solid body undergoing external loading is derived by analyzing the internal stresses and the related strain deformation. The 2D theory will be developed as a system of differential equations and applied to selected practical problems. The analytical techniques required to tackle such problems will be presented.
Content
• Analysis of strain. The infinitesimal strain tensor. Strain compatibility.
• The traction vector and the stress tensor. Equations of motion.
• Stress-strain relations for elastic and linearly elastic materials; isotropic materials.
• Formulation of boundary value problems of linear elasto-statics.
• One-dimensional problems. A selection of soluble problems (which are effectively one-dimensional) in Cartesian, cylindrical polars and spherical polar coordinates.
• Two-dimensional problems in theory of elasticity.
• Torsion. Laplace’s equation and methods of its solution.
• Plane strain problems. Theory of plane strain, Airy stress function. A selection of soluble two-dimensional problems using plane-strain theory.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | hroughout |
| Communication | Written answers to questions must be clear and well-structured, and should communicate students’ understanding |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Students are expected to develop their own approach to time-management regarding the completion of Example sheets on time, assimilation of feedback, and preparation between lectures. |
| Information Technology | Use of blackboard. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | |
| Problem solving | Throughout |
| Research skills | Students will be encouraged to independently find and assimilate useful resources. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Students will become accomplished at solving problems in a major area of applied mathematics. |
| Team work | Students will be encouraged to work together on questions in workshops and on Example sheets. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6