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Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in theoretical and applied mechanics intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 12 hours.

This is a graduate level course intended for students with experience in continuum mechanics who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanical behavior of solid macromolecular materials. Constitutive theories intended for modeling the mechanical response of elastomers, bioelastomers, filled rubbers, polymer composites, and biological tissues will be discussed. Experimental and computational methods for quantifying constitutive parameters will be stressed. Types of material responses covered include hyperelasticity, anisotropy, linear viscoelasticity, and nonlinear viscoelasticity. Prerequisite TAM 445 or TAM 551