12-686 Special Topics: Computational Materials Modeling for Structures

12 units, Carnegie Mellon University

The course examines current mathematical models for the macroscopic response of metals, rocks, soil, and polymers and how they are motivated elements of the microscopic basis that can be assigned to such models and methods for finite element implementations of such models. Undergraduate mechanics background, familiarity with basic tensor algebra and calculus and the equations of 2d elasticity theory, and some exposure to the finite element method or a strong desire to learn these topics by guided selfstudy are assumed.

Prerequisites: none listed

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