Basic concepts of plasticity. Yield conditions and yield surfaces. General theory of plane strain and shear lines. Steady and pseudo-steady plastic flow. Contemporary topics in the theory and application of finite element methods.
Surface strains and their measurement, principally by bonded wire resistance strain gages.
Static and dynamic measurements using both oscilloscope and direct writing oscillograph, associated electrical circuits. Use of brittle coating in conjunction with strain gages. Evaluation of stresses from strain data. Lect 2 lab 3. Variational mechanics, Hamilton's principle, and energy formulations for linearly elastic bodies.