CHIARA DARAIO


California Institute of Technology, Aeronautics and Applied Physics


Currently Teaching:

Ae/AM/CE/ME 102 ab. Mechanics of Structures and Solids. 9 units (3-0-6); first, second, third terms. Prerequisite: ME 35 abc or equivalent. Static and dynamic stress analysis. Two- and three-dimensional theory of stressed elastic solids. Analysis of structural elements with applications in a variety of fields. Variational theorems and approximate solutions, finite elements. A variety of special topics will be discussed in the third term such as, but not limited to, elastic stability, wave propagation, and introductory fracture mechanics.

http://pr.caltech.edu/catalog/courses/listing/ae.html
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~ae102/
 


Other Courses:

ME65a. “Mechanics of Structures and Solids". Mechanical Engineering (Fall 2008)

ME35c. "Strength of Materials". Mechanical Engineering (Spring 2007 and 2008)


AE 244.
“Mechanics of Nanomaterials”. Aeronautics (Fall 2007).

 

Guest Lecturer:

APh 110. “Topics in Applied Physics” (2007 and 2008).

Ae104. “Experimental Methods” (2007).

E2. “Frontiers in Engineering” (2008).