Special software is required to use some of the files in this section: .exe, .for, and .f90.
Each assignment is due during the next class session.
Course assignments.
| LEC # |
ASSIGNMENTS |
| 1 |
Introduction, overview of polymers (PDF) |
| 2 |
Chemical composition |
| 3 |
Structure |
| 4 |
Elastic response (PDF) |
| 5 |
Strain |
| 6 |
Stress |
| 7 |
Transformations of stress and strain (PDF) |
| 8 |
Hookean elasticity (PDF) |
| 9 |
Gaussian chain statistics |
| 10 |
Rubber elasticity (PDF) |
| 11 |
Elastomer mechanics (PDF) |
| 12 |
Introduction to linear viscoelasticity (PDF) |
| 13 |
Creep and stress relaxation |
| 14 |
Quiz 1 |
| 15 |
Dynamic response (PDF) |
| 16 |
The Maxwell spring-dashpot model |
| 17 |
Standard linear solid (PDF) |
| 18 |
Wiechert solid, Boltzman superposition (PDF) |
| 19 |
Effect of temperature (PDF) |
| 20 |
Effect of temperature (cont.) (PDF) |
| 21 |
Multiaxial stresses (PDF) |
| 22 |
Stress analysis: Superposition |
| 23 |
Stress analysis: Correspondence principle (PDF) |
| 24 |
Composite materials, rule of mixtures (PDF) |
| 25 |
Mechanics of composites (PDF) |
| 26 |
Quiz 2 |
| 27 |
Composite laminates: Anisotropy and transformations (PDF) |
| 28 |
Laminates: Plate bending (PDF)
Fortran code
To run in MIT Server, type "add 3.11", then "plate"
Download plate source code: vplate_3_91.f90 (F90)
Download a PC executable: vplate2.exe (EXE)
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| 29 |
Laminates: Temperature and viscoelastic effects
Codes
Source code for temperature-dependent laminate analysis: HOTPLATE.FOR (FOR)
Hotplate PC executable: HOTPLATE.EXE (EXE)
Source code for viscoelastic laminate analysis: plate07.f90 (F90)
Vplate PC executable: plate07.exe (EXE)
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| 30 |
Yield (PDF) |
| 31 |
Yield: Multiaxial stresses |
| 32 |
Yield: Effect of hydrostatic stress, crazing |
| 33 |
Yield: Effect of rate and temperature (PDF) |
| 34 |
Fracture: The Zhurkov model |
| 35 |
Fracture: The Griffith model |
| 36 |
Fracture: Crack-tip stresses, stress intensity factor |
| 37 |
Quiz 3 |
| 38 |
Fracture: Effect of specimen geometry |
| 39 |
Fracture: J-integral and viscoelasticity |