Course Descriptions:
This course is mainly to introduce the elasticity, including tensor introduction, fundamental mechanics theory, 2D Cartesian coordinate problems, polar coordinate problems, and energy method, etc. This course can help students to handle the basic methods for elastic stress and strain, to build up a strong theoretical basis for study the strength, stiffness, reliability, fracture and fatigue problems of practical engineering components and structures.

Objective: The purpose of this course is to allow students to understand the common sense and theory of elastic mechanics, and then to apply them to many engineering problems, such as how to present the formulas and boundary conditions of a real problem, and how to prepare the courses of finite element analysis, fracture mechanics, and fatigue. Finally, allow students to have ability and skill to analyze the engineering problems.