After successful completion of the course, students are able to…

• describe vibration processes of continuous elastic and rigid beam systems using exact or (numerical) approximation methods and calculate their dynamic parameters.
• find equilibrium positions of moving systems and formulate corresponding stability criteria as well as determine critical loads for systems using exact or (numerical) approximation methods by solving the associated differential equations.
• mathematically describe hydrodynamic buoyancy and resistance as well as flow problems due to vortex shedding and identify critical areas in civil engineering applications.
• mathematically formulate ideal and real flow mechanisms, interpret the results and calculate losses and other parameters.
• calculate dynamic internal forces in rigid and elastic beams.

Stability problems: definitions, buckling.
Fluid Dynamics: potential flow, laminar and turbulent flow, hydrodynamic resistance and uplift, Kármán’s vortex flow.
Continuous systems: equation of motion, approximate methods.
Stress resultants in moving systems.

Lectures including many numerical example problems.

Written exam.

C. Bucher: Mechanik für Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieure, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN: 978-1686710391
Print-On-Demand: https://www.amazon.de/dp/1686710399?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
EPUB-Apple: http://books.apple.com/eu/book/id1479293247

F. Ziegler: Technische Mechanik der festen und flüssigen Körper, Springer Verlag. There also exists an extended English edition.

D. Gross, W. Hauger, J. Schröder, W.A. Wall: Technische Mechanik, Band1: Statik, Springer Verlag