At the end of the semester, the students are expected to

• Demonstrate a solid understanding of nonlinear kinematics and stress measures in solid mechanics
• Formulate, linearize, and discretize nonlinear boundary value problems using variational principles
• Analyze plate and shell structures and identify numerical issues such as shear, membrane, and volumetric locking
• Apply appropriate numerical remedies for incompressible and thin-walled structures Develop, implement, and verify hyperelastic, viscoelastic, damage, and plasticity models within finite element codes
• Write, debug, and validate user-defined material subroutines (UMAT/VUMAT) for complex material behavior
•  Solve large-scale nonlinear solid mechanics problems using robust incremental-iterative solution strategies