Mechanics of continuous deformable media

Notion of stresses, strains and behavior laws

Uniaxial tensile test
Shear test (shear modulus G)
Means of measuring stresses and strains (strain gages, load cells, image correlation)


Generalized law of behavior

Stress and strain tensor
Generalized Hooke's law
Principal stresses and strains - Principal directions
Equilibrium equations, boundary conditions


Applications to elasticity problems

Isotropic or even anisotropic linear elasticity in very simple cases


Geometric discontinuities, defects : notion of stress concentration

Theoretical approach and use of abacuses on simple tensile tests



Practical work: Tensile test on easily deformable elastic materials