Tensor analysis; stress tensor; analysis of strain; conservation laws; elastic and plastic behaviour of materials; linearized theory of elasticity; solutions of problems in linearized theory of elasticity by potentials; two-dimensional problems in linearized theory of elasticity; variational calculus, energy theorems, Saint-Venant's principle; Hamilton's principle, wave propagation, applications of generalized co-ordinates; elasticity and thermodynamics; irreversible thermodynamics and viscoelasticity; thermoelasticity; viscoelasticity; large deformation; incremental approach to solving some nonlinear problems; finite element methods; mixed and hybrid formulations; finite element methods for plates and shells; finite element modelling of nonlinear elasticity, viscoelasticity, plasticity, viscoplasticity and creep.
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