C&EE 238

Computational Solid Mechanics

Civil and Environmental Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Advanced finite element and meshfree methods for computational solid mechanics. Stability and consistency in temporal discretization of parabolic and hyperbolic systems. Analysis of numerical dissipation and dispersion. Multifield variational principles for constrained problems. Meshfree methods: approximation theories, Galerkin meshfree methods, collocation meshfree methods, imposition of boundary conditions, domain integration, stability.

Letter grading.

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 235B.

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C&EE 235B

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

C&EE 238

C&EE 235BFinite Element Analysis of Structures
- C&EE 130Elementary Structural Mechanics
  - C&EE 108Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids4 more beneath
- C&EE 235AAdvanced Structural Analysis
  - C&EE 135AElementary Structural Analysis2 more beneath

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