Taking this course, the students will
- have an essential background on the nonlinear theory of continuous media.
- be able to carry out geometric pull-back and push-forward operations between Lagrangean, Eulerian, and mixed quantities through the tools of kinematics at large strains.
- understand the concept of stress and differentiate different fundamental stress measures
- have the fundamental understanding of thermodynamic consistency of a constitutive model of continuum thermodynamics.
- be qualified to derive the fundamental balance principles of continuum thermomechanics within the Lagrangean and Eulerian setting.
- be in a position to implement a hyperelastic material model algorithmically.