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Submitted by Zhigang Suo on Mon, 2006-09-18 12:23.

Fall 2006, MWF 10-11 am, Pierce Hall 307

Instructor: Zhigang Suo, 617-495-3789, suo@deas.harvard.edu, Pierce Hall 309. Skype: zhigangsuo

Teaching fellow: Nanshu Lu, (617) 496-7107, nanshulu@fas.harvard.edu, Pierce Hall 403

Tentative topics

Elements of linear elasticity
Bending and Torsion
Elastic waves
Calculus of variations
Bending and vibration of thin plates
Nonlinear plate theory

Notes

This is a first graduate course on solid mechanics. Prerequisites include an undergraduate course on strength of materials, and working knowledge in linear algebra, multivariable calculus, and differential equations.
Notes will be posted periodically. These notes are mainly written to clarify and focus my own thoughts, and are not self-contained. As such, the notes may present a distorted view of the subject and of the course.
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No textbook is required. The McKay Library keeps some books reserved, including Timoshenko and Goodier, Malvern, Fung, Asaro and Lubarda.

Grading will be based on homework sets and a final exam.

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