12.005 Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Spring 2005

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Author(s)
Hager, Bradford H.
Alternative Title
Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Date Issued
June 2005
Abstract
Practical applications of the continuum concept for deformation of solids and fluids, emphasizing force balance. Stress tensor, infinitesimal and finite strain, and rotation tensors developed. Constitutive relations applicable to geological materials, including elastic, viscous, brittle, and plastic deformation. Solutions to classical problems in geodynamics.
Subjects
Geodynamics
crust
mantle
rheological descriptions
brittle deformation
elastic deformation
viscous deformation
viscoelastic deformation
plastic deformation
nonlinear fluids
stress
strain
Continuum mechanics
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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