PHYS422

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PHYS422 - Continuum Mechanics

PhysicsUndergraduateUA - UA General

Course ID

026936

Course Description

A second semester of Newtonian mechanics. It begins with the description, statics and dynamics of deformable solids, and proceeds to the mechanics of fluids. Topics include statics; equilibrium conditions, simple deformations, inertia and stress tensors and deformations in general, review of Lagrange and Hamilton techniques, coupled harmonic oscillators and normal modes, theory of small oscillations, mechanics of the vibrating string, mechanics of fluids; ideal fluid approximations, sound , viscosity and the dynamics of viscous fluids.

Min Units

3

Max Units

3

Repeatable for Credit

No

Grading Basis

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Career

Undergraduate

Enrollment Requirements

017480

Course Requisites

MATH 254.

May be convened with

PHYS522

Component

Lecture

Optional Component

No