Courses Teaching

04/06/06

Fall 2004: ECIV 320: Structural Analysis

Static, linear, structural analysis of trusses and frames for member force and deflections. Stiffness and flexibility formulations. Behavior of statically determinate and indeterminate systems.

Spring 2005: ENGR 200: Statics and Strength of Materials.

An introduction to the analysis, behavior and design of mechanical/structural systems. Course topics include: conceptsof equilibrium; geometric properties and distributed forces; stress, strain and mechanical properties of materials; and, linear elastic behavior of elements.

Fall 2006: Scheduled to teach ECIV 406: Constitutive Modeling.

Review of continuum mechanics. Application of theories of thermodynamics to the development of consistent constitutive models. Fundamentals in physics of deformation and fracture. Identification and rheological classification of real solids. Constitutive equations for thermoelastic, plastic, viscoplastic, linear and nonlinear viscoelastic solids. Internal variables. Strain and stress space formulations. Micromechanical considerations. Relation to experimental results. Effects of anisotropy and inhomogeneity. Temperature effects. Gradient and nonlocal theories. Uniqueness theorems. Extremum and variational principles. Stability. Consent of instructor required.

Other Courses

ECIV 420, Introduction to Finite Element Structural Analysis

Matrix and energy methods of structural analysis for discrete structures including trusses and frames. Introduction to finite element methods and applications in plane stress and strain, axisymmetric and plate and shell structures. Structural problem solving using the digital computer. Consent of instructor required.

ECIV 584, Theory of Plasticity and Damage Mechanics

The physics of plasticity and damage. Yield criteria, flow rules and hardening rules. Loading criteria. Proportional and non-proportional loading. Strain softening. Relation between elastic-plastic and rigid-plastic representations. Isotropic and kinematic linear and nonlinear hardening. Damage variables. Effective stress. Measurement of damage. Isotropic and nonisotropic damage. Plasticity coupled with damage. Boundary value problems. Dynamic problems. Applications to structural analysis, soil mechanics and metal forming.

ECIV 405, Solid Mechanics

Kinematics of deformation. Balance principles. The concept of stress. Consistent linearization. The concept of invariance in mechanics of solids. Variational principles. The principle of virtual work. Hyperelasticity. Application to Boundary Value Problems.

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