EM4030: NONLINEAR SOLID MECHANICS (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19

Course Overview

This course provides an understanding of the sources and effects of nonlinearity in solid mechanics with applications to engineering structures and materials.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	4
Term	First Term	Credit Points	10 credits (5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Professor Maria Kashtalyan

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Undergraduate Programme
One of EG3002 Engineering Analysis and Methods 1a (Passed) or EG3006 Engineering Analysis and Methods 1a (Passed) or EG3007 Engineering Analysis and Methods 1a (Passed) or EG3015 Stress Analysis A (Passed)
Programme Level 4
Engineering (EG)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

EM4029 Nonlinear Mechanics (Passed)
EM4529 Nonlinear Mechanics (Passed)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

Many real engineering structures and materials exhibit nonlinearities that significantly affect their behaviour, compared with linear modelling assumptions. This course provides an understanding of the sources of these nonlinearities, including geometric and material nonlinearity, and how they affect the behaviour of a structure or material. Key theories and models are introduced, such as nonlinear strain measures and metal plasticity.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

First Attempt

1x Timed Online Test (40%)
1x Timed Open-Book Exam (60%)

Alternative Resit Arrangements

Resit of only the failed assessment component(s)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Conceptual	Understand	Understand the importance and sources of nonlinear behaviour in engineering materials and the mathematical and physical foundations of continuum mechanics of solids.
Procedural	Analyse	Apply the main analytical and computational methods used in nonlinear solid mechanics to analyse engineering materials and structures.