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MIT OpenCourseWare
Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
- Instructor
- Prof. Bradford Hager
- Term
- Spring 2006
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 42 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 12.005 Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Spring 2006, Prof. Bradford Hager — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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How this course was organized
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- A lecture sequence of 28 items is confirmed. It stays as organized materials rather than a full course order.
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Lecture Notes
28 files
- Course Overview Download
- Tractions Download
- Stress Tensor Download
- Stress Tensor (cont.) Download
- Stress Tensor in Different Coordinate Systems Download
- Pore Fluid Pressure Download
- Newton’s Second Law Download
- Stress in the Earth Download
- Stress Rotation Download
- Sandbox Tectonics Download
- Sandbox Tectonics - Simple Theory Download
- Displacement Gradients Download
- Measurement of Displacement Gradient Tensor Download
- Finite Strain Download
- Elasticity Download
- Simple Example: Uniaxial Strain Download
- Special Cases Download
- Dislocation in Elastic Halfspace Model of the Earthquake Cycle Download
- Stress and Strain from a Screw Dislocation Download
- Plates Download
- Lecture 21 · Plates (cont.) Download
- Lecture 22 · Plates (cont.) Download
- Plates Summary and Fluids Download
- Fluids (cont.) Download
- Navier Stokes Equation Download
- Growth and Decay of Boundary Undulations Download
- Flow in Porous Media Download
- Time Dependent Porous Flow Download
Assignments
7 problem sets
Other materials from this course
7 files
- This resource provides information about measurement of displacement gradient tensor (lec13pdf.pdf) Download
- This resource contains Solutions of problem set 1 (ps1_solutions.pdf) Download
- This resource contains Solutions of problem set 2 (ps2_solutions.pdf) Download
- This resource contains Solutions of problem set 3 (ps3_solutions.pdf) Download
- This resource contains Solutions of problem set 4 and 2 (ps4_2_solutions.pdf) Download
- This resource contains Solutions of problem set 5 (ps5_solutions.pdf) Download
- This resource contains Solutions of problem set 6 (ps6_solutions.pdf) Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Tractions
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Lecture 3: Stress Tensor
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Lecture 4: Stress Tensor (cont.)
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Lecture 5: Stress Tensor in Different Coordinate Systems
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Lecture 6: Pore Fluid Pressure
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Lecture 7: Newton’s Second Law
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Lecture 8: Stress in the Earth
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Lecture 9: Stress Rotation
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Lecture 10: Sandbox Tectonics
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Lecture 11: Sandbox Tectonics - Simple Theory
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Lecture 12: Displacement Gradients
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Lecture 13: Measurement of Displacement Gradient Tensor
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Lecture 14: Finite Strain
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Lecture 15: Elasticity
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Lecture 16: Simple Example: Uniaxial Strain
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Lecture 17: Special Cases
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Lecture 18: Dislocation in Elastic Halfspace Model of the Earthquake Cycle
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Lecture 19: Stress and Strain from a Screw Dislocation
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Lecture 20: Plates
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Lecture 21: Plates (cont.)
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Lecture 22: Plates (cont.)
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Lecture 23: Plates Summary and Fluids
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Lecture 24: Fluids (cont.)
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Lecture 25: Navier Stokes Equation
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Lecture 26: Growth and Decay of Boundary Undulations
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Lecture 27: Flow in Porous Media
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Lecture 28: Time Dependent Porous Flow
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Bradford Hager, 12.005 Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Spring 2006.
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