Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 1.57 (Fall 2003) 
• Course Title:
• Mechanics of Material Systems: An Energy Approach 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate / Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Civil and Environmental Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Franz-Joseph Ulm 
• Course Introduction:
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  1.033 / 1.57 Mechanics of Material Systems: An Energy Approach
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2003

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course site features lecture notes and Java® applets demonstrating concepts from the course.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  1.033 provides an introduction to continuum mechanics and material modeling of engineering materials based on first energy principles: deformation and strain; momentum balance, stress and stress states; elasticity and elasticity bounds; plasticity and yield design. The overarching theme is a unified mechanistic language using thermodynamics, which allows understanding, modeling and design of a large range of engineering materials. This course is offered both to undergraduate (1.033) and graduate (1.57) students.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Java® plug-in software is required to run the Java® files found on this course site.

  
  

  *Some translations represent previous versions of courses.