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ES240 Problem 6

Submitted by Christian Wylonis on Fri, 10/05/2007 - 02:32

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ES 240

solid mechanics

Fall 2007

Pset 2 Problem 6

Submitted by Adam Traina on Fri, 10/05/2007 - 02:20

Hi everyone

- my prior courses are mechancis of materials (ES 120) and intro to material science (ES 190)

- I am pursuing Harvard's co-terminal AB/SM degree, and have finished my undergraduate requirements in engineering scinces with a focus on Mechanical Engineering

- A definate plus is having taken the undergraduate class only a few years ago, and having much of the material presented in a very similar style which i have grown accustomed to. My weakness is always the math.

ES 240 Problem 6

Submitted by Cai Shengqiang on Fri, 10/05/2007 - 02:06

I have got the master degree of Solid Mechanics in University of Science and Technology of China. Actually, I have taken several courses related to this subject, such as strength of materials and the theory of elasticity. So, my strength may be that I have some knowledge about it, but my poor ability to solve PDE or even ODE could be the specific obstacle for studying this course. I will do research in Suo’s group(http://www.seas.harvard.edu/suo/), and my research may be related to soft matters, such as gels.

ES 240 Problem 6

Submitted by Maria Persson Gulda on Fri, 10/05/2007 - 01:38

My name is Maria Persson Gulda. I am a first year grad student at Harvard. I did my undergrad in Engineering Physics, with a minor in Applied Math, at University of Colorado at Boulder.

The classes from my undergrad that are closest related to this course are Classical Mechanics and Solid State Physics. I think my strength in ES 240 will be my applied math knowledge and my weakness will be my lack of courses in mechanics and/or materials.

Anisotropic Green's Function

Submitted by samik das on Fri, 10/05/2007 - 01:21

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Can anybody tell whether there is any closed form solution for Green's function in an anisotropic material? If yes it would be great if you share some of the literatures on this topic.

ES 240, Prob. 6

Submitted by Andrew Seagraves on Thu, 10/04/2007 - 22:20

This entry is meant to summarize my personal information, and the reasons why I am taking this class. Here are my responses to the bulleted topics:

- I have taken three courses relating to solid mechanics prior to ES 240. These were undergraduate classes taken at the Univ. of Delaware and they include: (1) Mechanics of Solids, (2) Material Science and Engineering, (3) Design of Machinery

- My undergraduate major was Mechanical Engineering

Response to Problem 1 on Problem set 2

Submitted by Kathleen W. DiSanto on Thu, 10/04/2007 - 21:55

In terms of my background, I have taken two courses relating to solid mechanics. The first course was Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, which was an introductory strength of materials course. I have also taken a course called Aerospace Structures. In this course, the first half was devoted to elasticity and the second portion of the course was about solving problems relating to failure in aircraft. We were also introduced to Finite Element Analysis and performed labs using FEA software.