MAK 616 - Energy Methods in Mechanics

Course Objectives

Derivation of differential equations governing the deflections of plates and beams.
To obtain the approximate values of plate and beam deflections
Determining the stability conditions of columns by using energy methods

Course Description

Strain Energy, Principle of Virtual Work, Betti’s and Maxwell’s Reciprocity Theorem, Castigliano’s Theorems, Crotti-Engesser Theorem, Principle of Minimum Total Potential Energy, Weighted-Residual Methods, Principle of Minimum Strain Energy, Energy Methods Applied to Buckling, Hamilton’s Principle