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MECE 5332 -  Introduction to Continuum Mechanics

Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: MECE 3245 , MECE 3363 , MECE 3369 , and senior standing in Mechanical Engineering.
Description
Vector and tensor analysis, kinematics of deformation, stress, the balance laws of physics, and basic constitutive theory with applications to elastic solids and viscous fluids.


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