<h3>MA5220 Continuum Mechanics</h3>
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<h4>Course Details</h4>
Algebra of Cartesian Tensors, Index notation, Isotropic tensors, Invariants of a tensor, Polar decomposition theorem.<br> Course contents: Continuum Hypothesis, Kinematics of deformation, Compatibility conditions, Balance principles, Euler's laws of motion, Stress-Laws of Thermodynamics, Energy Balance, Constitutive equations of fluids and elastic materials, principles of material objectivity, Applications (simple problems of fluid dynamics and elasticity)
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<h4>Course References:</h4>
D.S. Chandrasekhraiah and Loknath Debnath, Contiuum Mechanics, Academic Press (1995)