450005 SE Topics in Geodynamics and Sedimentology, III (2013W)

Contents: This course gives an introduction to continuum mechanics and its application to the analysis of mineral and rock deformation. Students will develop the essential tools to reconstruct the dynamic state and history of deformational systems. After an introduction to tensor notation and the components of stress and strain in simple elastic rheologies, students will apply solutions of stress and stream functions to simple deformation geometries. The second part of the course introduces the basic ideas of numerical methos applied to the anaysis of deformation of geological materials.

Language: englisch

This PI course includes lectures but emphasizes the practical work and is apprropriate for Master and Doctorate students.

Assesment: Final mark is composed of 70% of final written examination of lecture contents and 30% of progressive practical work.