Schedule

Winter Semester 2026/27 — Monday and Friday, 10:15–12:00, SR 00-010/14

Each session starts with a short lecture (first half) followed by work on the problem set (second half). A problem set covers one week: it is handed out on Monday and discussed until Friday.

Week	Date	Topic	Chapter	Problem set
	Fr 23.10.	Introduction; forces, moments, rigid-body statics	1	—
	Mo 26.10.	Rigid-body kinematics	2	PS1
	Fr 30.10.	Constraints, principle of virtual work	3	PS1
	Mo 02.11.	Instantaneous centers of rotation, internal constraints	3	PS2
	Fr 06.11.	Internal forces	4	PS2
1	Mo 09.11.	Beam – equilibrium: infinitesimal element, \(Q' = -q\), \(M' = Q\); Dirac and Heaviside	4	PS3 Internal forces – analytic method
1	Fr 13.11.	Jumps under concentrated loads; equivalent resultant of a distributed load	4	PS3
2	Mo 16.11.	Beam – kinematics: \(u\), \(w\), \(\varphi\); \(\varepsilon\), \(\gamma\), \(\chi\)	5	PS4 Statically determinate beams
2	Fr 20.11.	Beam – virtual work: conjugate pairs, equilibrium from virtual work	6	PS4
3	Mo 23.11.	Constitutive relations, Bernoulli hypothesis, \(EIw'''' = q\), boundary conditions	7	PS5 Beam deflection
3	Fr 27.11.	Hyperstatic beams with \(EIw''''=q\); elastic energy, Castigliano, virtual forces	8	PS5
4	Mo 30.11.	Force method, Müller-Breslau	8	PS6 Hyperstatic beams and stress
4	Fr 04.12.	Continuum – equilibrium: stress tensor, \(\nabla\cdot\underline{\sigma} + \vec{f} = 0\)	9	PS6
5	Mo 07.12.	Divergence theorem, traction, boundary conditions	9	PS7 Stresses inside beams
5	Fr 11.12.	Bending stress \(\sigma_{xx} = Mz/I\), parabolic shear stress	10	PS7
6	Mo 14.12.	Continuum – kinematics: displacement field, strain and rotation	11	PS8 Strain
6	Fr 18.12.	Strain tensor, compatibility	11	PS8
7	Mo 21.12.	Continuum – virtual work	12	PS9 Hooke’s law
		Winter break
7	Fr 08.01.	Origin of elasticity; Hooke’s law in 1D, \(E\), \(G\), \(\nu\)	13	PS9
8	Mo 11.01.	General Hooke’s law, Voigt notation, isotropy	13	PS10 Hooke’s law II
8	Fr 15.01.	Volumetric/deviatoric parts, \(K\), \(G\), Lamé; plane stress and plane strain	13	PS10
9	Mo 18.01.	Rotation of the stress tensor, principal stresses, invariants	14	PS11 Stress tensor
9	Fr 22.01.	Mohr’s circle, maximum shear stress	14	PS11
10	Mo 25.01.	Yield criteria: Tresca, von Mises, Coulomb–Mohr, Drucker–Prager	15	PS12 Rotation and invariants
10	Fr 29.01.	Invariants and yield surfaces, examples	15	PS12
11	Mo 01.02.	Buckling: stability, Euler critical load	16	PS13 Buckling
11	Fr 05.02.	Buckling: effective length, the four Euler cases; review	16	PS13
12	Mo 08.02.	—		Mock exam
12	Fr 12.02.	Review		Discussion of the mock exam, Q&A
	Fr 26.02.	Final exam, 14:00–17:00, HS 00 036