Romain Lagrange, Instructor in Applied Mathematics
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
The description of the deformation and the stress in a body (fluid or solid), requires
mathematical tools that are not introduced in the classical mechanics of point particles, or in
the mechanics of rigid bodies. Indeed, in these two elementary mechanics, physical quantities
(velocities, forces...) are modelled as vectors fields. In mechanics of deformable bodies, the
description of deformation and stress uses an other mathematical entity: the tensor, that is an
extension of the vector concept (a vector being a particular tensor). This crash course aims to
introduce the very main concepts on tensor calculus.
Sponsor(s): Mathematics
Contact: Romain Lagrange, E18-302, (617) 682-0675, romain.g.lagrange@GMAIL.COM
| Jan/22 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 66-154 |
| Jan/27 | Mon | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 66-154 |