Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Master's Course) Division of Advanced Science and Engineering Mechanical Engineering Program
Lecture Code WSH20601 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 固体力学特論
Subject Name
(Katakana)
コタイリキガクトクロン
Subject Name in
English
Advanced Solid Mechanics
Instructor IWAMOTO TAKESHI
Instructor
(Katakana)
イワモト タケシ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Tues1-4
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
Online (simultaneous interactive), Online (on-demand)
The documents distributed 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 09 : Mechanical Engineering
Eligible Students Students registered in Course of Mechanical Systems Engineering
Keywords Solid Material, Continuum Thermo-Mechanics, Large Strain, Non-linear, Multi-scale Analysis 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Students are going to obtain the knowledge on the large strain problem, which is important to study an advanced field of solid mechanics. The related topics such as material and geometric non-linearity will be explained.  
Class Schedule 1 Guidance of this lecture course
2 Restudy on the fundamentals of tensor analysis
3 Restudy on the fundamentals of solid mechanics ( Stress, Strain )
4 Restudy on the fundamentals of solid mechanics ( Boundary value problem of governing equation and variational principles )
5 Summaries on the reviews of the fundamentals of solid mechanics
6 Decomposition of deformation gradient and measure of deformation
7 Some kinds of stress and strain
8 The large deformation problem including the variational principle
9 Midterm examination
10 Micromechanics
11 Asymptotic homogenization method
12 Continuum thermo-mechanics
13 Continuum crystal plasticity
14 Analogy of electromagnetism
15 Couple stress, Micropolar theory, and strain gradient theory


Midterm and final examinations and submissions of reports by students are planned. Short examinations will sometimes be given. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
The documents distributed 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Handouts
(More Details) The document is going to be distributed in each lecture. 
Learning techniques to be incorporated Post-class Report
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
1-14) Re-formulate all the formula on the material distributed by students themselves 
Requirements  
Grading Method The course score is totally evaluated by the individual scores of reports and short exams, the midterm exam, and the final exam and reports submitted. The weight for the evaluation is 2:6:2. Students who marked over 60% can be passed. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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