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Computational Continuum Mechanics B
Module aims
This module is designed to introduce the fundamentals of continuum mechanics that underpin the theoretical understanding of many engineering disciplines and to demonstrate how problems in continuum mechanics can be solved using numerical techniques. Particular attention is paid to the theory and implementation of the finite element method. The module provides the theoretical basis for level 7 modules on applications of finite element methods and finite volume methods. This is a level 7 variant of the level 6 Computational Continuum Mechanics module and students cannot take both for credit towards their final degree.
ECTS = 5
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Use index notation to solve tensor algebra and calculus problems.
2. Derive, explain and use the basic concepts of continua, including kinematics, kinetics, conservation and constitutive laws.
3. Solve simple solid and fluid problems using analytical methods, in terms of deformation, strain, stress, velocity and its gradient, using Lagrangian and Eulerian frameworks.
4. Formulate the finite element method for a linear, elastic isotropic solid from the principle of virtual work and the finite element discretisation.
5. Solve simple finite element problems using analytical methods, and outline more complex problems in a suitable form for numerical solution.
6. Create, in an appropriate programming language, a simple one dimensional finite element method