General information:
Lecture and exercise notes can be retrieved at Stud.Ip.
Content:
- Introduction
- Nonlinear phenomena
- Mathematical preliminaries
- Basic equations of continuum mechanics
- Spatial discretization with finite elements
- Solution of nonlinear systems of equations
- Solution of elastoplastic problems
- Stability problems
- Contact problems
Educational Objectives:
Theoretical Knowledge
Students are able to
- give an overview of the different nonlinear phenomena in structural mechanics.
- explain the mechanical background of nonlinear phenomena in structural mechanics.
- to specify problems of nonlinear structural analysis, to identify them in a given situation and to explain their mathematical and mechanical background.
Capabilities
Students are able to
- model nonlinear structural problems.
- select for a given nonlinear structural problem a suitable computational procedure.
- apply finite element procedures for nonlinear structural analysis.
- critically verify and judge results of nonlinear finite elements.
- to transfer their knowledge of nonlinear solution procedures to new problems.
Personal Competence
Social Competence
Students are able to
- solve problems in heterogeneous groups and to document the corresponding results.
- share new knowledge with group members.
Autonomy
Students are able to
- assess their knowledge by means of exercises and E-Learning.
