This course aims to equip students with essential knowledge about theoretical and
computational mechanics of elastic and inelastic solids that exhibit
non-linear behavior, make students assimilate the key role of elastic and inelastic
material routines within the modular structure of an implicit non-linear
finite element code in the three-dimensional setting, teach students how to employ the essential numerical and programming techniques to computationally implement complex inelastic material models with internal variables.
Taking this course, the students will have an essential background on the theoretical and computational mechanics of non-linear elastic and inelastic materials, be able to critically assess the thermodynamic consistency of an
inelastic material model within the three-dimensional framework of
thermodynamics with internal variables, be qualified to construct algorithmic update equations for the
internal variables of an inelastic model and to derive the
three-dimensional tensorial stress and consistent tangent expressions, be in a position to implement an inelastic material model into a three-dimensional finite element code and solve (initial) boundary-value problems of continuum mechanics.