MEEM 5110 – Continuum Mechanics/Elasticity
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Michigan Technological University
Fall 2011

Instructor: Dr. Gregory M. Odegard
Office: 930 MEEM Building
Phone: (906)487-2329
Email: gmodegar@mtu.edu
Classroom: Rekhi G06
Time: M, W, F 2:05-2:55 pm
Office hours: Please stop by my office or make an appointment

Prerequisite courses:
Mechanics of Materials, Linear algebra, Differential Equations

Optional text: Gurtin, M.E., E. Fried, L. Anand "The Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Continua", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010
       
Other recommended books:

Lectures:
PDF files of the lecture notes are provided via Blackboard. Also, the lectures will be recorded for the distance-learning students and on-campus students who miss the lectures. These lectures will be available on Blackboard

Homework:

No late homework will be accepted. The assignments are due by 4:00 pm of the posted due date. Students are encouraged to work with others to complete homework assignments, however, all work turned in must be original, not a simple copy of someone else’s work.  Such copying with be considered as a breach of academic honesty and appropriate action will be taken. Homework assignments must be stapled together for credit (no paper clips or fold-overs).  For each problem, the following items are required for full credit:

The homeworks will not be rigorously graded. Distance-learning students can email their homeworks directly to me by the due date.

Exams:
The exams will cover material from the homework problems and from the lectures.  Exam dates:


Tentative Grading:

Homework: 20%
1st mid-term exam: 25%
2nd mid-term exam: 25%
Final exam: 30%

Tentative Course Topics:
Vector and tensor analysis, kinematics, balance laws, stress tensors, equations of motion, constitutive equations for fluids and solids, linear elasticity