This page is for ES 240 taught in Fall 2008.  See also ES 240 taught in Fall 2006.

Fall 2008, MWF 10-11 am, Pierce Hall 307

• Instructor: Zhigang Suo, 617-495-3789, suo@seas.harvard.edu, Pierce 309.
• Teaching fellow: Yuhang Hu, 617-384-9493, yuhanghu@fas.harvard.edu, Pierce 404.
• Office hours: Zhigang Suo, Tuesday 1-2 pm.  Yuhang Hu, Thursday 5-6 pm.
• Textbooks recommended by students.  No textbook is required. The McKay Library keeps some books reserved.  Go to the library periodically to get to know these books.
• Students and why they take this course.

Prerequesites

• An undergraduate course on the mechanics of solids (stres, strain, pulling a rod, bending a beam, twisting a shaft...)
• Multi-variable calculus
• Linear algebra
• Differential equations

Lecture notes 

• Elements of linear elasticity
• Plane elasticity problems
• Finite element method
• Vibration
• Waves
• Viscoelasticity
• Finite deformation

• Topics in a followup course:  Advanced Elasticity

Grade distribution

• Homework (40%)
• Computer work using ABAQUS (10%)
• Project (25%)
• Final exam (25%)

Remarks

• This is the first graduate course on the mechanics of solids.
• Keep your own notes.  I'll post my notes online. My notes are mainly written for me, and are not self-contained. As such, my notes may present a distorted view of the subject and of the course.  In particular, many figures are missing in my notes.
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