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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 12.005 (Spring 2006) 
  • Course Title:
  • Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Bradford Hager 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 12.005 Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences



    Spring 2006




    Course Highlights


    This course features a full set of lecture notes, assignments and solutions.


    Course Description


    This course focuses on the practical applications of the continuum concept for deformation of solids and fluids, emphasizing force balance. Topics include stress tensor, infinitesimal and finite strain, and rotation tensors. Constitutive relations applicable to geological materials, including elastic, viscous, brittle, and plastic deformation are studied.
     

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