Spring 2025
MECENG 280B 001 - LEC 001
Finite Element Methods in Nonlinear Continua
Panayiotis Papadopoulos, Donghao Li
Class #:33370
Units: 3
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Mechanical Engineering
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
0
Enrolled: 18
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 18
Waitlist Max: 0
Open Reserved Seats:
3 reserved for Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering Students
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 6 hours of outside work hours per week.
Other classes by Panayiotis Papadopoulos
Course Catalog Description
A brief review of continuum mechanics. Consistent linearization of kinematical variables and balance laws. Incremental formulations of the equations of motion. Solution of the nonlinear field equations by Newton's method and its variants. General treatment of constraints. Applications to nonlinear material and kinematical modeling on continua.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
Current Enrollment
Open Reserved Seats:
3 reserved for Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering Students
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
None