Lecture notes of interest to mechanicians
Submitted by Managers on Wed, 2007-06-13 12:04.
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Mathematics for Mechanics
- A Brief Review of Some Mathematical Preliminaries, Rohan Abeyaratne, MIT.
- Quick Introduction to Tensor Analysis , R. A. Shapirov, Samizdat Free Press.
- Elementary vector and tensor analysis for Engineers, Rebecca Brannon , University of Utah.
- Rotations, Rebecca Brannon , University of Utah.
- Curvilinear coordinates, Rebecca Brannon , University of Utah.
Introductory Mechanics of Materials/Material Behavior
- Introductory Mechanics of Materials, M. A. Vable, Michigan Tech.
- Intermediate Mechanics of Materials , M. A. Vable, Michigan Tech.
- Materials of Engineering Laboratory, Eyassu Woldesenbet and Henry Tan, Louisiana State University.
- Statics (Homework Sets) , Jacob Lubliner, UC Berkeley.
- Mechanics of Materials , Jacob Lubliner, UC Berkeley.
Continuum Mechanics
- Solid Mechanics textbook , A.F. Bower, Brown University
- Items developed for teaching, James R. Rice, Harvard University
- ES 240 Solid Mechanics, Zhigang Suo, Harvard University.
- EN 175 Advanced Mechanics of Solids, H. Gao and A. F. Bower, Brown University (needs Java/Internet Explorer).
- EN 222 Mechanics of Solids II , A. F. Bower, Brown University (needs Java/Internet Explorer).
- ES 241 Advanced Elasticity, Zhigang Suo, Harvard University.
- EN 224 Linear Elasticity , A. F. Bower, Brown University (needs Java/Internet Explorer).
- Introduction to Elasticity, Wikiversity .
- Linear viscoelasticity , David Roylance, MIT.
- Large deformation kinematics, Rebecca Brannon , University of Utah.
- Plasticity Theory , Jacob Lubliner, UC Berkeley.
Biomechanics
- Summer course on cell mechano-sensitivity (slides and videos), Univerity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Fracture Mechanics
- Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics, J.W. Hutchinson, Harvard University.
- Fracture Mechanics, Alan Zehnder, Cornell University
- Introduction to Fracture Mechanics, C.H. Wang
- ES 242r Fracture Mechanics of Thin Films and Composite Materials, John W. Hutchinson and Zhigang Suo, Harvard University
Thin Films and Layered Materials
- Mechanical Properties of Thin Films, William D. Nix, Stanford University
- Fracture Mechanics of Thin Films and Multilayers, John W. Hutchinson, Harvard University
- Mixe-Mode Cracking in Layered Materials, John W. Hutchinson and Zhigang Suo
- Reliability of Interconnect Structures, Zhigang Suo, Harvard University
Statistical Mechanics
- Statistical Mechanics by James P. Sethna, Cornell University (this has actually been published as a book).
- Statistical Mechanics, Zhigang Suo, Harvard University.
Micromechanics, Composites, Shape Memory Materials, and Metamaterials
- Waves in Composites and Metamaterials, Graeme W. Milton and Biswajit Banerjee, University of Utah.
- Theory of Martensitic Microstructure and the Shape Memory Effect , Kaushik Bhattacharya, CalTech.
Computational Physics/Mechanics
- Computational Physics, R. J. Gonsalves, SUNY Buffalo (the earliest notes are at the bottom of the page).
- Computational Physics, Franz J. Vesely, University of Vienna (the jsmath version works - may need installation of new fonts).
Finite Elements
- Finite Elements in One Dimension , N. Sukumar, University of California at Davis.
- Introductory Finite Element Analysis , Carlos Felippa, University of Colorado, Boulder.
- Introduction to Finite Elements , M. A. Vable, Michigan Tech.
- Advanced Finite Element Analysis , Carlos Felippa, University of Colorado, Boulder.
- Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis , Carlos Felippa, University of Colorado, Boulder.
- Nonlinear Finite Elements , Biswajit Banerjee, University of Utah.
Classical Physics
- Ph 136 Applications of Classical Physics , Kip Thorne, Caltech.
Quantum Mechanics/Chemistry
- Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple, videos of three lectures by Hans Bethe, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1967.
- Quantum Mechanics for Engineers , Leon van Dommelen, Florida State University
- Quantum Chemistry , S. M. Blinder, UMich.
Other Lecture Note Collections
- Civil Engineer Applied Mechanics Lecture Notes Collection .
- MIT Open Courseware.
- World Lecture Hall from University of Texas, Austin.
- Erudix - Online repository of Lecture notes/Theses/Papers.
Other E-book Collections
- IMSC Library - e-books on all aspects of mathematics.
- Samizdat Press - a press for the free distribution of books.
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Check out the book and a commentary on it at Stoat.
Notes outside the imechanica community
The following is a series of FEA courses @ the University of Boulder, Colorado. I have read some of them and the look nice.
Introductory FEM http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/CAS/courses.d/IFEM.d/
Advanced FEM http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/CAS/courses.d/AFEM.d/
Nonlinear FEM http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/CAS/courses.d/NFEM.d/
For those interested in Mesh generation http://www-users.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~roberts/meshgeneration.html
The tensor analysis notes from Rebecca Brannon are fine, provided you have the time to read through all the volumes. The following notes from Bashkir state univerisity (Russia) can be used for a short yet very general coverage of tensors. http://samizdat.mines.edu/tensors/ShR6b.pdf Much of the lesson is in the excercises.
The MIT open courseware website provides links to a lot of lecture notes and videos of some courses. http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html The 'world lecture hall' is a similar service hosted at UT Austin. http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/browse.cfm
The following page has links to a collection of notes on applied/engineering mechanics http://civilengineer.webinfolist.com/mechanics.htm
An e-library for math and mathematical physics (quite comprehensive) http://www.imsc.res.in/library/library/maths-ebook.php
Links...
1. Brown University
H. Gao and A. F. Bower
EN175: Advanced Mechanics of Solids
http://www.engin.brown.edu/courses/En175
A. F. Bower
EN222: Mechanics of Solids II
http://www.engin.brown.edu/courses/En222/
EN224: Linear Elasticity
http://www.engin.brown.edu/courses/en224/
2. M V Vable at MichiganTech
http://www.me.mtu.edu/~mavable/
See the section "Educational Material" for the following three links
Introductory course of Mechanics of Materials
http://www.me.mtu.edu/~mavable/Spring03/mom_slides.html
Intermediate Mechanics of Materials
http://www.me.mtu.edu/~mavable/MEEM4150/Slides/inter_mom_slides.html
Introduction to Finite Element Method
http://www.me.mtu.edu/~mavable/MEEM4405/MEEM4405.html
May be more, later...
Physics and Computational Physics Links...
PHYSICS
Kip S. Thorne, CalTech
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~kip/scripts/courses.html
PH 136: Applications of Classical Physics (It has a section on elasticity. Also, do check out the "concept-based outline of the book"):
http://www.pma.caltech.edu/Courses/ph136/yr2004/
COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
R. J. Gonsalves, SUNY at Buffalo
http://www.physics.buffalo.edu/gonsalves/
PHY 410-505 Computational Physics I
http://www.physics.buffalo.edu/phy410-505/lec.html
PHY 411-506 Spring 2001 COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS II
http://www.physics.buffalo.edu/gonsalves/phy411-506_spring01/lectures.html
Franz Vesely, Univ. of Vienna
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Franz.Vesely/
Introduction to Computational Physics
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Franz.Vesely/cp0102/index.html
May be more, later...
Updates
I have updated the links to Rebecca Brannon's notes to reflect their new locations. The link to my notes on Elasticity have also been updated. Following Eric' s lead on wiki based content, I've converted the content of my course into wiki form. The new location is in Wikiversity at http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Elasticity .
There are many gaps in my notes that need to be filled. I felt that moving them to Wikiversity would make these notes more widely available and more useful. Please go to the wiki page and add content to the links marked in red. Also feel free to add, modify and clarify the content.
As the Fall semeste/quarter comes up, it will be particularly useful if a few of the students on iMechanica were to add content to Wikiversity based on what you have learned in your courses.
I am particularly interested in where the wiki idea leads us and whether online learning is possible. I would love to see students come up with lesson plans for the Elasticity course that can take the content and break it up into digestible bits. I would also like to see students suggest assignments that are appropriate for a beginner.
See you at Wikiversity !
Notes in Fracture mechanics, fem textbook, fem in matlab, bem..
Look up this site for many notes/textbooks on different topics in mechanics and non mechanics too.
http://lovecalc0.tripod.com/engineering6.html
H wang
Refrain from posting copy righted material
We have been posting lecture notes and other material from the internet here, but the have been freely available ones.
Sharing copyrighted ones is illegal and will also spoil the reputation of this forum. Okay I know there are thousands of other ways to get them online and we won't be helping the copyright holders much by refraining from doing it here. But still let us keep this forum professional and ethical.
This is the second time(including the comment just above) that I came across such a thing in imechanica and felt like speaking against it before it becomes a trend.
Mind you some of the authors of those pirated materials are the same people we are trying to convince into participating in this forum.
Cheers
Rights: I second...
Thanks, Temesgen, for alerting.
I first downloaded a couple of notes which seemed OK. But then, I also noticed Broek's book, and so began suspecting. After your clarification, I have deleted the book from my disk now.
And, of course, I second your general appeal too.
Are there recommendated
Are there recommendated books/lecture notes about fatigue mechanics, and damage mechanics, wear and corrosion available?
Quantum Mechanics Links...
QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
S. M. Blinder, University of Michigan
http://www.umich.edu/~chem461
QUANTUM MECHANICS
Leon van Dommelen, Florida State University
http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~dommelen/
Fundamental Quantum Mechanics for Engineers
http://www.eng.fsu.edu/~dommelen/research/nano/quantum/
PS:
I do not necessarily agree with everything in these notes. In particular, I have been developing a *local* theory of quantum physics whereas what these notes give is the standard or mainstream view, and the latter is invaribly global in nature. (My work has, in a sense, just begun.) However, within the mainstream view, I do find that the above notes are the most simply, most straight-forwardly, or otherwise most helpfully written.
Both these sets are easily accessible to the non-physics majoring students, e.g., students of engineering. The first set comes from a chemist but is very easily accessible to the UG student of engineering. The second set is, in fact, written by a mechanical engineer--a CFD expert--himself. It's written for the advanced undergraduate or the beginning graduate student of mechanical engineering.
May be more, later!
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