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Solid mechanics 321


 
Module code MKM 321
Qualification Undergraduate
Faculty Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Module content

Computational solid mechanics using a high-level programming language, macroscopic equilibrium equations, continuum mechanics, infinitesimal equilibrium equations, strong and weak form of the solid mechanics Boundary Value Problem (BVP), linear elastic FEM, FEM modelling principles. Data-driven modelling and inverse problems, structural sensing. Verification and validation.

Module credits 16.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites MOW 227
Contact time 1 practical per week, 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Period of presentation Semester 2

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