During the design of mechanical systems, engineers must dimension components subjected to complex thermal and mechanical loads. It is essential to formulate behavior equations that account for couplings between various thermomechanical phenomena. To achieve this, engineers should:
- Understand different modeling schemes and the main assumptions of each modeling approach.
- Be familiar with continuum mechanics under infinitesimal transformations (HPP), including conservation laws, continuum thermodynamics, the concept of state variables, and the method of the local state.
- Be able to apply modeling techniques to describe the behavior of thermo-elasto-(visco)-plastic solids.
- Be capable of applying modeling techniques for coupling behavior and ductile damage to model ductile fracture.
- Know how to identify model parameters through an inverse approach.
