University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

CVEN-7511 (3) Computational Finite Inelasticity and Multiphase Mechanics

Covers kinematics, thermodynamics, coupled balance equations and constitutive models, numerical time integration, and finite element implementation of finite strain inelasticity and multiphase mechanics. Kinematics of multiplicative decomposition, and finite strain mixture theory. Linearization for global nonlinear Newton-Raphson and solution algorithm of nonlinear constitutive models and coupled balance equations. Recommended prereqs., CVEN 5131, CVEN 5511, and CVEN 6511.