EAS-A540 Continuum Mechanics in Wave Propagation

Prerequisite

differential equations, classical physics.

Lecture Hours

Three Lectures per week, MWF 2:10-3:00, RM 101 ONeil Hall.

Instructor

Dr. Lupei Zhu, Associate Professor of Geophysics
RM 104E ONeil Hall
Tel: 33118; email lupei@eas.slu.edu

Office Hours

Wednesday, 1:00-2:00, or by appointment

Syllabus

Concepts of continua, tensor analysis, stress deformation, and elasticity will be covered in detail. Other constitutive relations used to describe deformation in real materials such as plasticity, viscoelasticity, materials testing, thermoelasticity, and several classical boundary value problems relevant to the geosciences will be presented, see lecture schedule for details.

Grading

60% homework assignments (~6 sets)
10% mid-term exam
30% final exam

A 95-100%; A- 90-94%; B+ 85-89%; B 80-84%; B- 75-79%; C 60-74%; F 0-59%.

Discussions on assignments among students are encouraged. But the answers you turn in must be your own words based on your own work.

All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date. Request for extension due to emergency must be made by email before the due time. A penalty of 10% of the full score will be applied for late turned in assignments for each overdue day (less than 24 hours is counted as 1 day).

Text Books

required:

L. E. Malvern, Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium, Prentice-Hall, 1969.

additional suggested readings:

K. E. Bullen and B. A. Bolt, An introduction to the theory of seismology, 4th edition, Cambridge University Press, 1985.
F. A. Dahlen and J. Tromp, Theory of global seismology, Princeton University Press, 1998.
A. C. Eringen, Mechanics of Continua, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1967.
L. R. Calcote, Introduction to continuum mechanics, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1968.
Y. C. Fung, A First Course in Continuum Mechanics, Prentice-Hall, 1969.
W. M. Lai, D. Rubin, and E. Krempl, Introduction to Continuum Mechanics, Peramon Press Inc., 1978.
A. B. Bhatia and R. N. Singh, Mechanics of Deformable Media, IOP Publishing Ltd., 1986.
P. McDonald, Continuum Mechanics, PWS Publishing Company, 1996.

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Any student who feels that he/she may need academic accommodations in order to meet the requirements of this course - as outlined in the syllabus, due to presence of a disability, should contact the Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action. Please telephone the office at 314-977-8885, or visit DuBourg Hall Room 36. Confidentiality will be observed in all inquiries.