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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
MECA0203-3  Continuum Mechanics

Duration :  30h Th, 10h Pr, 20h Mon. WS
Number of credits :  
Master in Mathematical Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st yearToute l'année8
Master in Mathematical Sciences, didactic approach, 1st yearToute l'année8
Master in Mathematical Sciences, professional focus in management, 1st yearToute l'année8
Master in Mathematical Sciences, professional focus in computer science, 1st yearToute l'année8
Master en sciences mathématiques, à finalité spécialisée en statistiques, 1st yearToute l'année8
Master in Mathematical Sciences, specialized approach, 1st yearToute l'année8
Master in Mathematical SciencesToute l'année8
Lecturer :  Pierre Dauby
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
Continuous media and stress tensors. Kinematics of continuous media (Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions, deformations). Thermomechanics of continuous media : conservation of mass, of linear and angular momentum, of energy, constitutive equations. Linear elasticity. Perfect fluid. Viscous fluid. Problems : flows round obstacles, thermo-convection, waves in continuous media, instabilities and self-organization, heat and momentum diffusion,...
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Presentation of the fundamental laws of irreversible thermodynamics and analysis of some applications.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Students are assumed to be familiar with Newtonian Mechanics of particles and of systems of particles.
Recommended or required readings :  
A textbook is available.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Written exam on exercices. Oral exam on theory.
Contacts :  
Pierre C. DAUBY, Chargé de cours
Institut de Physique (local 2/57), Bât. B5a, Allée du 6 août 17, B-4000 Liège 1
Tel. : 04/366.23.57 - Email : PC.Dauby@ulg.ac.be
www : http://www.ulg.ac.be/thermoir/Milieux_Continus.htm


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