Course details
Semester
- Autumn 2023
- Monday, October 2nd to Friday, December 8th
Hours
- Live lecture hours
- 10
- Recorded lecture hours
- 0
- Total advised study hours
- 40
Timetable
- Fridays
- 12:05 - 12:55 (UK)
Description
Prerequisites
Syllabus
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Over view of tensor theory
- 2. Isotropic nonlinear elasticity
- 2.1. Hyperelastic models
- 2.2. Stresses and strains
- 3. Liquid crystal theory
- 3.1. Order parameters
- 3.2. Isotropic to nematic phase transition
- 4. Nematic liquid crystal elastomers
- 4.1. Ideal nematic elastomers
- 4.2. Stresses and stress-free configurations
- 4.4. Shear striping instability
- 4.5. Variational formulation
- 5. Photo-mechanical effects
Lecturer
-
Professor Angela Mihai
- University
- Cardiff University
Bibliography
Follow the link for a book to take you to the relevant Google Book Search page
You may be able to preview the book there and see links to places where you can buy the book. There is also link marked 'Find this book in a library' - this sometimes works well, but not always - you will need to enter your location, but it will be saved after you do that for the first time.
- Liquid Crystal Elastomers (Mark Warner and Eugene Michael Terentjev, book)
- Liquid Crystals and Their Computer Simulations (Claudio Zannoni, book)
- Non-Linear Elastic Deformations (R. W. Ogden, book)
- Stochastic Elasticity (L. Angela Mihai, book)
- The Physics of Liquid Crystals (P. G. de Gennes and J. Prost, book)
Assessment
The assessment for this course will be released on Monday 8th January 2024 at 00:00 and is due in before Friday 19th January 2024 at 11:00.
Assessment for all MAGIC courses is via take-home exam which will be made available at the release date (the start of the exam period).
You will need to upload a PDF file with your own attempted solutions by the due date (the end of the exam period).
If you have kept up-to-date with the course, the expectation is it should take at most 3 hours’ work to attain the pass mark, which is 50%.
Please note that you are not registered for assessment on this course.
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