Lecturing material for courses

Continuum Thermodynamics and Material Modelling

Basic laws and axioms of continuum thermodynamis.

This web-page provides supporting material for the teacher over two different courses. The first course is based on our book Continuum Thermodynamics and Material Modelling. The second extends the course on material modelling by studying the determination of the values of material parameters with the extended Levenberg-Marquardt method. It also provides guidelines on the implementing the material model into the Abaqus finite element method code.

The material for these two courses is as follows:

Course 1

Continuum Thermodynamics and Material Modelling. Book by Cambridge University Press.
Lecture material is given in Course 2.

Course 2

Continuum Thermodynamics and Material Modelling. Book by Cambridge University Press.
Extended Levenberg-Marquardt Method for Determination of Values for Material Parameters. PDF file provided here. This booklet will be updated by the end of August 2024. 

Implementation of a material model in the Abaqus. PDF file provided here.

Lecture material for the book Continuum Thermodynamics and Material Modelling.
Two pages side by side. Cambridge University Press may offer this material on their web pages. More information should be available before August 20. Unfortunately, the Cambridge University Press (CUP) representative has been very busy and did not have time for this project. They are now on vacation and will return by the end of August. For those persons who have taught to take our book and start their course in September I have downloaded the lecturing material in PDF format for chapters 1, 2 and 3. More will be available later. Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3. I will provide more information not later than September 8.

One page in single view. Cambridge University Press may offer this material on their web pages. More information should be available before August 20. Unfortunately, the Cambridge University Press (CUP) representative has been very busy and did not have time for this project. They are now on vacation and will return by the end of August. For those persons who have taught to take our book and start their course in September I have downloaded the lecturing material in PDF format for chapters 1, 2 and 3. More will be available later. Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3. I will provide more information not later than September 8.

Lecture material for the booklet ExtendedLevenberg-Marquardt Method for Determination of Values for Material Parameters.
Two pages side by side here. One page in single view here.
The original WordPerfect 2021 files. Cambridge University Press may offer this material on their web pages. More information should be available before August 20.

Lecture material for the material Implementation of a material model in the Abaqus.
Two pages side by side here. One page in single view here.

I (Kari Santaoja) have given this course several times over the past 25 years. It is based on the same set of materials mentioned above. However, the book Lecture Notes on Continuum Thermodynamics, which precedes the book Continuum Thermodynamics and Material Modelling above, had 27 Chapters instead of 11 in the current book. I gave 12 lectures each lasting 2 x 45 minutes. I have converted the contents of the lectures based on the previous book to comply with the new chapter, section and page numbering of the new book. The Cambridge University Press may offer this material on their web pages. More information should be available before August 20. Due to the delay with the Cambridge University Press I give the contents of the daily lectures here.

Besides the lectures, my courses include 5 rounds of homework assignments. These now appear as problems at the end of the chapters in the book Continuum Thermodynamics and Material Modelling.

Since the material, and therefore the course, is extensive, I give my students a document entitled 'What to read for examination' to help them focus on the most important parts of the course material. The document is provided here and will be published it by the end of August 2024.

Contact information

If you have any comments, suggestions or questions, please send a message to 

kari.santaoja@alumni.aalto.fi