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

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

• Instructor: Zhigang Suo, 617-495-3789, suo@deas.harvard.edu, Pierce Hall 309. Skype: zhigangsuo
• Teaching fellow: Yuhang Hu, 617-384-9493, yuhanghu@fas.harvard.edu, Pierce Hall 404, Skype: yuhanghu
• Office hours: Zhigang Suo, Tuesday 1-2 pm.  Yuhang Hu, Thursday 5-6 pm.
• Textbook:  None required. The McKay Library keeps some books reserved.  Go to the library periodically to get to know these books.

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
• Trusses (reading material, not covered in class)
• Finite element method
• Vibration
• Waves
• Viscoelasticity
• Finite deformation
• String and elastica

• Topics in a followup course:  Advanced Elasticity

Assignments

• Homework

Remarks

• This is the first graduate course on the mechanics of solids.
• Keep you own notes.  I'll post my notes online. My notes are mainly written to clarify and focus my own thoughts, 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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