Entry requirements

1. Degree of Engineering in materials engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, chemistry or a degree in a related field. All degrees must be equivalent to at least 180 higher education credits.
2. At least 22.5 credits of Mathematics.
3. The equivalent of English 6 in Swedish secondary school

Progression level in relation to degree requirements

The course is part of the main field of study Materials Science and meets the degree requirement for the degree of Master (Two Years), main field of study Materials Science.

Course contents

The course covers the following:

• tensor algebra;
• kinematics for deformable solids;
• theories for finite and infinitesimal deformations;
• deformation and strain tensors;
• analysis of different states of stress;
• material and spatial descriptions; and
• fundamental mechanical and thermodynamic principles.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
Once the course is completed, the student shall:
• demonstrate the ability to describe the kinematics for deformation of solids and apply different strain and stress measurements; and
• demonstrate the ability to describe the fundamental principles for thermodynamics for deformable solids.

Skills and abilities
Once the course is completed, the student shall:
• demonstrate the ability to apply tensor expressions;
• demonstrate the ability to solve boundary value problems within finite and infinitesimal elasticity and apply mechanical principles to solve mechanical problems;
• demonstrate the ability to formulate physically reasonable constitutive laws for elastic solids; and
• demonstrate the ability to describe the physical and thermodynamic assumptions behind constitutive laws.

Judgement and approach
Once the course is completed, the student shall:
• demonstrate the ability to evaluate the physical and thermodynamic validity of constitutive laws for deformable elastic solids.

Learning activities

The course is comprised of lectures, exercises, seminars and independent study.

Assessment

Requirements for pass (grade A-E):

Passed written exam (6 credits) and
passed written assignments (1.5 credits).

The final grade is based on the written exam.

Course literature

• 10. 13. Spencer, Continuum Mechanics, 2004 [1980], Dover Publications, INC. Mineola, New York.

Course evaluation

The University provides students who are taking or have completed a course with the opportunity to share their experiences of and opinions about the course in the form of a course evaluation that is arranged by the University. The University compiles the course evaluations and notifies the results and any decisions regarding actions brought about by the course evaluations. The results shall be kept available for the students. (HF 1:14).

Interim rules

When a course is no longer given, or the contents have been radically changed, the student has the right to re-take the examination, which will be given twice during a one year period, according to the syllabus which was valid at the time of registration.

Additional information

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format.

The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.