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Lec # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Course Overview
2 Tractions
3 Stress Tensor
4 Stress Tensor (cont.)
5 Stress Tensor in Different Coordinate Systems
6 Pore Fluid Pressure
7 Newton's Second Law Problem set 1 due
8 Stress in the Earth
9 Stress Rotation
10 Sandbox Tectonics
11 Sandbox Tectonics - Simple Theory Problem set 2 due
12 Displacement Gradients
13 Measurement of Displacement Gradient Tensor
14 Finite Strain
15 Elasticity Problem set 3 due
16 Simple Example: Uniaxial Strain
17 Special Cases
18 Dislocation in Elastic Halfspace Model of the Earthquake Cycle
19 Stress and Strain from a Screw Dislocation Problem set 4 due
20 Plates
21 Plates (cont.)
22 Plates (cont.) Problem set 5 due
23 Plates Summary and Fluids
24 Fluids (cont.)
25 Navier Stokes Equation Problem set 6 due
26 Growth and Decay of Boundary Undulations
27 Flow in Porous Media
28 Time Dependent Porous Flow Problem set 7 due