GENERAL INFORMATION

Schedule and Classroom
Tuesday and Thursday: 12 noon – 1:30 p.m.
Towne 321

Objectives
This course serves as a basic introduction to the Mechanics of Continuous Media. It prepares students for more advanced courses in Solid and Fluid Mechanics. The topics to be covered include: Tensor Algebra and Calculus; Continuum Hypothesis; Deformation; Motion; Stress; Conservation Laws; Constitutive Theory; Linear Elasticity; Incompressible Newtonian Fluids.

Grading Policies
homework assignments (40%)
midterm exam (30%)
final exam (30%)

Text
Chandrasekharaiah, D.S., Debnath, L., Continuum Mechanics, Academic Press, 1994.

Other References
Chadwick, P., Continuum Mechanics.
Fung, Y.C, A First Course in Continuum Mechanics
Gurtin, M.E., An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
Lai, W.M., Rubin, D. & Krempl, E., Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
Malvern, L.E. Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium
Rutherford, A., Vectors, Tensors, and the Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics, Dover, 1962.
Batchelor, G.K., An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1990.
Timoshenko, S.P. & Goodier, J.N., Theory of Elasticity

Instructor
Professor Howard Hu
E-mail: hhu@seas.upenn.edu
Work phone: 215-898-8504
Office Location: Towne 224
Office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 4-5 p.m. / by appointment