Concise syllabus:
Inclusions and inhomogeneities in isotropic elastic solid; Volterra and Somigliana dislocations; disclinations; point defects; Force on a singularity; interaction between defects; the concept of eigenstrain; cracks; homogenisation and macroscopic properties; composite materials.
Detailed syllabus
I. Lecture 1:
II. Lectures 2-4:
III. Lectures 5-8:
IV. Lectures 9-11:
V. Lecture 12:
VI. Lectures 13-16:
VII. Lectures 17-18:
VIII. Lectures 19-22:
IX. Lectures 23-28:
X. Lectures 29-33:
XI. Lectures 34-38:
XII. Lectures 39-40:
References:
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Micromechanics of defects in solids, by T. Mura (Nijhoff)
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Collected works of J. D. Eshelby (Springer)
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Introduction to the elasticity theory of crystal defects, by R. W. Balluffi (Cambridge Univ. Press)
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