Portal:Solid mechanics

WELCOME TO THE DIVISION OF SOLID MECHANICS ! A subdivision of the Division of Applied Mechanics

edit  

Division of Solid mechanics

Solid mechanics deals with the deformation, stresses and failure of materials in the solid state.

edit  

Affiliated Departments

Since solid mechanics is a truly interdisciplinary subject, this subdivision provides links to several departments and is linked from the pages of several departments.

Mechanical Engineering . Aeronautical Engineering . Bioengineering . Materials Science and Engineering . Metallurgical Engineering . Mineral Processing . Mining Engineering . Naval Engineering . Ocean Engineering . Geophysics . Applied Mathematics . Applied Physics

edit  

Subject Areas

• Mechanics of materials
• Adv Mechanics of materials
• Mechanical vibrations
• Materials science
• Elasticity
• Plasticity
• Fracture
• Fatigue
• Computational solid mechanics
• Biomechanics

edit  

Featured learning resource

Please add more as you find or create them.

• Introduction to Elasticity
• Introduction to Biomechanics

edit  

Division news

• August 4,2007 - Redesign.
• July 21, 2007 - Subdivision founded!
• ...

edit  

Participants

The histories of Wikiversity pages indicate who the active participants are. If you are an active participant in this subdivision, you can list your name here (this can help small subdivisions grow and the participants communicate better; for large subdivisions a list of active participants is not needed).

• ...

edit  

Discussion forum

• ...
• Please add courses on Introductory mechanics of materials (strength of materials).

edit  

Books

• Differential Equations
  1. Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations: An Introduction to Dynamical Systems (3rd Edition) by Dominic William Jordan and Peter Smith, 1999, Oxford University Press.
• Functional Analysis
  1. Introduction to Hilbert Spaces with Applications (3rd Edition) by Lokenath Debnath and Piotr Mikusinski, 2005, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12-208438-6.
• Crystals
  1. Crystals, Defects and Microstructures: Modeling Across Scales by Rob Phillips, 2001, Cambridge University Press.
• Foams
  1. Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties by Lorna J. Gibson, Michael F. Ashby, 1999, Cambridge University Press.
• Elasticity
  1. Theory of Elasticity (3rd Edition): Volume 7 (Theoretical Physics, Vol 7) by L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, 1986, Pergamon Press.
• Continuum Mechanics
  1. The Non-Linear Field Theories of Mechanics (2nd Edition) by C. Truesdell and W. Noll, 1992, Springer-Verlag.
• Nonlocal Continuum Mechanics
  1. Nonlocal Continuum Field Theories by A. Cemal Eringen, 2001, Springer-Verlag.
• Adiabatic Shear Bands
  1. Adiabatic Shear Localization: Occurrence, Theories and Applications by Yilong Bai, Bradley Dodd, 1992, Pergamon Press.
  2. The Physics and Mathematics of Adiabatic Shear Bands by T. W. Wright, 2002, Cambridge University Press.
• Spall
  1. Spall Fracture by Tarabay Antoun, 2004, Springer.

edit  

Quotes

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison

"Strive for design simplicity, you never have to fix anything you leave out." - Bill Lear

"Always do the things you fear the most; courage is an acquired taste..." - Erica Jong

edit  

Learning projects

Introduction to Elasticity

edit  

Content development projects

• Mechanics
  • Introduction to Elasticity
  • Continuum mechanics
  • Micromechanics of composites
  • Topic: Mechanical vibrations
  • Waves in composites and metamaterials
• Finite elements
  • Introduction to finite elements
  • Nonlinear finite elements
  • Help:Abaqus

edit  

Research projects

Coming soon ...

edit  

Things you can do

• Use your class notes to create learning materials in the appropriate subject areas.
• ...

edit  

Solid mechanics External links

• iMechanica:The Web of Mechanics and Mechanicians