CEE537A Nonlinear Structural Analysis Introduction to material and geometric nonlinear analysis. CEE537B Experimental Stress Analysis Theoretical and experimental techniques for solid mechanics applications. CEE537C Advanced Finite Elements Initial and Boundary value problems. Material and geometric nonlinearities. CEE537D Plasticity and Viscoelasticity Viscosity and plasticity are two distinctively different phenomena that describe the material behavior when subjected to external loading.
Viscous response is referred to the deformation change versus time regardless of loading magnitude.
Plastic response is a non-recoverable displacement process depending on the material's yield strength and loading magnitude. This course introduces the physics and its mathematical treatment defining viscosity and plasticity such as energy dissipation. The framework of the plasticity theory and visco-elasticity theory will be examined. Commonly known plasticity and visco-elastic models will be analyzed. The application of the theory is to establish an appropriate model in simulating asphalt concrete and plastic composites.