CE 7100 - Energy and Variational Principles

Provides a solid foundation in variational calculus and energy methods as applied to solid mechanics. Approximate techniques are formulated for geotechnical problems.

Requisites: Permission required
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to apply numerical techniques to obtain approximate solutions for problems in engineering mechanics.
Students will be able to explain the energy method and discuss how it can be applied to solve engineering mechanics problems.
Students will be able to explain the principles of variational calculus principles.