Fall 2008

21. A fiber in an infinite matrix

22. Anti-plane shear

23. Saint-Venant's principle for orthotropic materials

24. Plane problems with no length scales

25. More scaling relations: a half space filled with a power-law material

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Solid Mechanics Homework 16-20

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 13:41

16. Recommend a textbook that you think will help students in this course. See recommendations from students who took this course before.
17. Disclination (the cut-and-weld problem)
18. Design a rotating disk to avert plastic deformation
19. A half space of an elastic material subject to a periodic traction on the surface
20. Orthotropy rescaling

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Solid Mechanics Homework 11-15

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Wed, 10/04/2006 - 01:29

This set of homework relies on a few elementary facts of the algebra of vectors and tensors. If you are vague about these facts, see some old notes I wrote when I taught ES 240 in 2006: node/205/revisions/1385/view

11. Positive-definite elastic energy density

12. The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is a second-rank tensor.

13. Hooke's law for anisotropic, linearly elastic solids

14. Invariants of a tensor

15. A "derivation" of the Mises (1913) yield criterion

Solid Mechanics Homework 6-10

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Fri, 09/29/2006 - 00:53

6. Post an entry in iMechanica to explain to your teaching staff and classmates why you take this class.

7. Residual stress around an inclusion

8. Lame Solution in Cylindrical Shape

9. Stress Concentration around a Circular Hole

10. Back-of-Envelope Calculation

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Solid Mechanics Homework 1-5

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Wed, 09/20/2006 - 19:24

Due 26 September 2008 in class

Nothing Is Continuum, but...
Hooke's law in various forms
Compatibility: the strain-displacement relations
Traction vector on a plane
Turbine blade: centrifugal force and creep

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Elements of linear elasticity

Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Mon, 09/18/2006 - 13:41

Update on 26 September 2008: An updated file on elements of linear elasticity is posted. You can still access the older version by clicking "revisions".

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