ESM-6024: Mechanics of Soft Tissues

Description: Stress and strain tensors for large deformations, Conservation laws, Thermodynamics principles, Material symmetry, Hyperelastic materials, Chemoelasticity, Electroelasticity, Viscoelasticity, Initial and boundary conditions, Review of analytical and numerical methods for solving large deformation problems, Solutions of problems. Knowledge of Finite Element Methods at the undergraduate level is recommended.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

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