The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida is pleased to offer a distance learning Masters Degree program, Solid Mechanics and Design, which provides a concentration in theoretical and computational solid mechanics and structural design. This program is specially designed to meet the unique needs of engineering students working in a corporate environment who desire to develop advanced skills and problem solving capabilities related to solid mechanics and structural design.

Students completing the program will gain new knowledge about the behavior of solids under load, the fundamental physics which govern that behavior, failure mechanisms, and methods to mathematically model such phenomena. Students will learn to obtain solutions using both analytical and computational techniques.

The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty offering the distance learning program are respected researchers in analytical and computational solid mechanics and design, and tailor lectures to the most modern engineering concepts. Engineers who complete the Solid Mechanics and Design program will gain confidence in the use of state-of-the-art engineering design tools to develop creative solutions to the most challenging structural analysis and design problems.

Fall

EML 6939 Failure of Materials in Mechanical Design (3)
Fatigue life of machine elements subjected to steady  and alternating multi-axial stresses; Fatigue life analysis using stress-life approach, local strain-life approach, and fracture mechanics; high cycle and  low cycle fatigue; Damage tolerant life prediction  methods.

EGM 6611 Continuum Mechanics (3)
Tensors of stress and deformation. Balance and  conservation laws, thermodynamic considerations.  Examples of linear constitutive relations. Field  equation and boundary conditions of fluid flow.

EGM 6570 Principles of Fracture Mechanics (3)
[Prereq is EGM 6611 ]
Introduction to the mechanics of fracture of brittle  and ductile materials. Linear elastic fracture mechanics; elastic-plastic fracture; fracture testing; numerical methods; composite materials; creep and fatigue fracture.

EGM 6321 Principles of Engineering Analysis I (3)
Solution of linear and nonlinear differential equations. Methods of Frobenius, classification of singularities. Integral representation of solutions.  Treatment of the Bessel, Hermite, Legendre, hypergeometric, and Mathieu equations. Asymptotic  methods including the WBK and saddle point  techniques. Treatment of nonlinear autonomous equations. Phase plane trajectories and limit cycles.  Thomas-Fermi, Emden, and van der Pol equations.

EGM 6341 Numerical Methods of Engineering Analysis I (3)
Finite-difference calculus; interpolation and extrapolation; roots of equations; solution of  algebraic equations eigenvalue problems; least- squares method; quadrature formulas; numerical  solution of ordinary differential equations; methods of weighted residuals. Use of digital computer.

Spring

EML 5526 Finite Element Analysis and Applications (3)
Fundamentals including discrete system analysis, dynamic analysis of structures, steady state and transient heat transfer analysis, and incompressible fluids analysis. Modeling, analysis, and design using  FEA software.

EGM 5533 Applied Elasticity and Advanced Mechanics of Solids (3)
Bars, beams, thin-walled structures, and simple continua in the elastic and inelastic range. Virtual  work approaches, elastic energy principles, plastic limit theorems, creep deformation procedures, introduction to instability and fracture mechanics. Design applications.

EML 6267 Structural Dynamics of Production Machinery (3)
Review of mechanical vibrations with two degrees of freedom. Natural and forced vibrations of multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Experimental  and computational modal analysis and synthesis. Vibrations of machine tools, rolling mills, and robots.

Summer

EGM 6341 Numerical Methods of Engineering Analysis I (3)
Finite-difference calculus; interpolation and extrapolation; roots of equations; solution of  algebraic equations eigenvalue problems; least- squares method; quadrature formulas; numerical  solution of ordinary differential equations; methods of weighted residuals. Use of digital computer.