Course Notes

Prof. Wierzbicki's course notes do not directly correspond to lectures in the calendar, but are instead more like the course textbook. The entire collection is posted here.

LECTURES AND TOPICS
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 2: The Concept of Strain (PDF)
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 3: The Concept of Stress, Generalized Stresses and Equilibrium (PDF)
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 4: Development of Constitutive Equations of Continuum, Beams and Plates (PDF)
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 5: Solution Method for Beam Deflections (PDF)
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 6: Moderately Large Deflection Theory of Beams (PDF)
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 7: Bending Response of Plates and Optimum Design (PDF - 3.7MB)
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 8: Energy Methods in Elasticity (PDF)
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 9: Stability of Elastic Structures (PDF)
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 10: Advanced Topic in Column Buckling (PDF)
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 11: Buckling of Plates and Sections (PDF - 7.3MB)
This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 12: Fundamental Concepts in Structural Plasticity (PDF - 1.6MB)