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In the field of Solid Mechanics, Harvard has a sequence of 5 graduate courses:

• ES 240 Solid Mechanics
• ES 241 Advanced Elasticity
• ES 242r Solid Mechanics:  Advanced Seminar
• ES 246 Plasticity
• ES 247 Fracture Mechanics

The first course goes over linear elasticity, finite element method, vibration, waves, viscoelasticity, as well as some ideas of finite deformation.

Here is a paper that I wrote my freshman year of college.  It discusses some observations about fracture toughness in a form of silicon carbide that had potential use in nuclear fission and fusion reactors.  It was published in the Department of Energy's Journal of Undergraduate Research.

Dear collegues,

I am modeling deformation of a simple triangular shape, /\, which is constrained at one end and the other end is free to move on the x direction. There is a displacement loading on the top corner and the output is the reaction force on the y direction at the free end.

 I used Abaqus/ Standard and modeled this problem in 2D beam elements and 3D shell elements. The material is aluminum with plasticity and nonlinear geometry is on. 

Dear Colleagues:

I am pleased to inform you that the papers to be published in International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM) Vol.1 No.2 will be online available soon.

IJAM Vol.1 No.2:

1.  “Postbuckling Of Nano Rods/Tubes Based On Nonlocal Beam Theory”, C. M. Wang (National University of Singapore); Y. Xiang (University of Western Sydney); S. Kitipornchai (City University of Hong Kong).

I am wondering a problem slove by ogden hyperelastic model.