CONTINUUM MECHANICS
COD. 14871
DEGREE: MATEMATICA
TYPE OF COURSE: COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Study of some models of elastic bodies and fluids.
Prerequisites
First and second year mathematical tools
Course contents summary
Vectorial and tensorial algebra. Mechanics of continuos media, stress and strain tensor.Fluid dynamics, Reynolds' transport theorem, pressur tensor. Mechanics of fluid motion. Equation of continuity. Euler's equation of an ideal fluid. Viscosity, Newtonian fluid and Navier-Stokes equations. Some typical problems of fluid mechanics.
Recommended readings
C.Agostinelli, Istituzioni di Fisica Matematica, ZANICHELLI,BOLOGNA;
E.Persico,Introduzione alla Fisica Matematica, ZANICHELLI,BOLOGNA;
M.E.O'Neill, F.Chorlton,Ideal and incompressible fluid dynamics,ELLIS HORWOOD;
M.E.O'Neill, F.Chorlton, Viscous and compressible fluid dynamics, ELLIS HORWOOD.
NAME OF LECTURER
IORI Marina
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2009/2010
YEAR OF STUDY: 3
SEMESTER: Second semester
NUMBER OF CREDITS: 6
UNIT COORDINATOR: IORI Marina
CONTACT HOURS: 48
INDIVIDUAL WORK HOURS: 102
