CE 759 Inelastic Behavior of Construction Materials

This course is designed to introduce theories in applied mechanics that govern the inelastic behavior of construction materials. The topic areas will include linear and nonlinear viscoelasticity, fracture mechanics, and continuum damage mechanics. After the basic principles are introduced, their physical implications will be addressed through the analysis of experimental data generated from laboratory testing of construction materials. 3 credit hours.

 
   
   
Prerequisite
  

BS in Engineering, preferably Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering, or permission of the instructor.

 
Course Objectives  

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

  • understand the basic principles in viscoelasticity and continuum damage mechanics;
  • present unit response functions in analytical forms;
  • understand and analyze the thermorheologically simple behavior;
  • analyze the stress-strain behavior of linear viscoelastic materials using convolution integral;
  • apply elastic-viscoelastic correspondence principles to stress-strain data;
  • analyze the stress-strain behavior of viscoelastic materials with growing damage using the correspondence principle based on pseudo strain and continuum damage mechanics.

 

Textbook  

Not required.


Course Requirements  

HOMEWORK: 6-8 homeworks

EXAMINATIONS: closed-book mid-term exam

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: None.

PROJECTS: Final data analysis project


 

Computer and Internet Requirements  

NCSU has recommended minimum specifications for computers used for classes. Depending on your computer needs, we recommend your computer meet or exceed the following minimum specifications below.

PCs must have an Intel-compatible 800 MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, 8 GB hard drive with 1 GB free space available, 256 Color Display, CD-ROM drive, 800x600 (min.) video adapter, sound card, and speakers. The operating system should be Windows 2000 or XP. Real One Player Basic (available free online) and high speed Internet connection such as cable, DSL, T1 or LAN will be required for EOL courses.

MAC users must have a G3 processor with firewire and USB factory built-in, 256 MB RAM, 10 GB with 1GB free space available, 256 Color Display, CD-ROM drive, 800x600 (min) video adapter, sound card, and speakers. The operating system must be MacOS 10.3 (minimum) along with the above RealOne and Internet specifications above .

For more detailed information on computer specifications and recommendations, please refer to our website at: http://engineeringonline.ncsu.edu/currentstudents/computeraccess.htm

 

Instructor  

Dr. Y. Richard Kim, Professor
Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering
North Carolina State University
210 Mann Hall
Campus Box 7908
Raleigh, NC 27695-7908

Phone: (919) 515-7758
Fax: (919) 515-7908
E-Mail: kim@eos.ncsu.edu
Instructor Website: http://www.ce.ncsu.edu/faculty/kim/