INTRODUCTORY LECTURE

Gaurav Bhutani
CONTINUUM MECHANICS School of Engineering
IIT Mandi
IC 242 – FEB 2020
MY INTRODUCTION - PAST
Assistant professor (3 yrs): IIT Mandi
PhD and Postdoc: Imperial College London
B.Tech–M.Tech (dual): IIT Kanpur
Industrial experience (5 yrs)
 mining, data analytics, finance, research
MY INTRODUCTION – IIT MANDI

Particle-laden Granular flows Microfluidics

flows (Avalanche (Reverse
dynamics) electrowetting on
(Industrial reactors) dielectric)

Multiphase flow research lab (MFRL)

YOUR INTRODUCTION
CONTINUUM MECHANICS – TODAY’S AGENDA
What is Continuum Mechanics and why should you learn it
Any pre-conceived notions that you may have about Continuum Mechanics
Basket: Engineering Sciences (Continuum mechanics / Signals and systems /
Measurement and instrumentation practicum)
Course introduction and policy
Your expectations from the course
My expectations (from you)
COURSE INTRODUCTION
3 lectures per week (venue: A10-1D)
 Monday (11 am -12 noon)
 Wednesday (9-10 am)
 Friday (10-11 am)

1 tutorial every 2 weeks

Teaching Supporters (TAs)
 Ajit, Neeraj, Arpit

Assumed knowledge
 Basic rigid body dynamics (JEE level will do)
 Linear algebra (vectors, matrix algebra, eigenvalues and eigenvectors)
TEXT
Course lecture notes. G Bhutani, IIT Mandi, 2019.
Continuum mechanics for engineers. GT Mase and GE Mase, CRC Press, 1999,
Second Edition. – we will follow the notation used in this book
An introduction to continuum mechanics. JN Reddy, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Reading assignments will be uploaded on Moodle
PREVIOUS FEEDBACK
2018
very great course
Taking project and assignment in last 2-3 weeks and giving 20 %
weightage to it is not right.
# Bhutani_is_cool and so his classes are also cool (well most of them).
One of the best teachers I have studied from
All concepts were explained beautifully and clearly. Doubts were
encouraged and cleared. Its good that a single book was followed. Classes
were never boring and interest was created in the course.
Though it’s not the teachers fault but removing attendance didn’t prove
helpful to me and at the end of the course I started skipping some classes
Keep attendance, so the students come to class !
Awesome Teacher ! (^_^)
It was a really nice course and one of the best till now, but I would suggest
that attendance should be made compulsory in the course as students do
not miss the class because they don't find interest in the subject but because
it has become a habit due to other courses.
The instructor tries too hard to be cool
2019
I loved attending IC242 classes. Bhutani sir made such a terrifying course a
cake walk. The only course where my attendence is above 70%(lol).
Great course and the best instructor we could have had for this course. Sad
to see he will have to change from next session onwards. Taught the course
at perfect pace. Just, don't like the surprise quiz thing. Overall, awesome
experience. 5/5 for all !
More Number of practice questions be introduced for a better grasp of the
concept.
More tutorial sessions required. Idea of Compulsory attendance worked
this time. Too much extra classes at the end of the course.
The best course instructor I came across till now during my BTech. He
organised the course in a very systematic and smooth way. I was able to
understand the concepts very well throughout the course with minimum
effort. Also, explaining concepts on blackboard was vey beneficial and it
should continue.
This course was beautifully covered by Dr. Gaurav Bhutani, these are one
of the few courses that I actually enjoyed here at IIT Mandi. Faculty
actually takes interest in teaching and puts efforts to teach this course.
HATS OFF SIR!
To be honest the course was better than others.
GRADING POLICY
Quiz 1: 25%
Quiz 2: 25%
End sem: 50%

Attendance policy: No Quiz 1 if less than 80% before Quiz 1. THIS IS A STRICT
POLICY. Giving you enough time to decide whether or not to attend the classes.
PLAGIARISM AND UNFAIR MEANS
F grade will be awarded (no questions asked)
Necessary disciplinary action
EXTRA RESOURCES
www.continuummechanics.org
Brown University – En211 - Continuum Mechanics
(http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Engineering/Courses/En221/Notes/notes.html)
Anurag Gupta (IITK) Youtube lectures
http://www.teqipiitk.in/watch.php?e=115
OTHER NOTES
Lecture notes and slides will be uploaded on Moodle.
Don’t be scared of the course. I am here to help you. Feel free to ask questions
before, during, or after the class.
Phones is silent mode (not vibration, SILENT).
Don’t expect handholding in the course
Please discuss with colleagues (except in the exam) – peer-to-peer learning an
integral part
YOUR EXPECTATIONS - POLL

More poll results available on Moodle

WHY SHOULD YOU LEARN CONTINUUM
MECHANICS
What do you want in life?
 Money
 Fame
 Knowledge
 Become a good engineer
 Develop a new technology
 Make jobs – Entrepreneur
 Happiness
RICHEST/SUCCESSFUL
PEOPLE/COMPANIES IN
THE WORLD
Bill Gates: Microsoft – image processing
Jeff Bezos: Amazon – drones
(https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Prime-
Air/b?ie=UTF8&node=8037720011)
Elon Musk:
 Hyperloop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryRDxACsBCI
 SpaceX
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEduiMyl0ko&t
=68s)
 Tesla
 SolarCity
Google: Self-drive cars
Boston Dynamics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giS41utjlbU
So many other technology companies making big
IMAGE PROCESSING AND VISION
Augmented reality:
 Microsoft Hololens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm2gnnyyvEg
 Microsoft Cognitive Services: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2mC-NUAmMk
 Google, Apple

Driverless cars: Volvo, Google, Tesla, Audi, BMW, and so on

 Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsaES--OTzM
MINE OF THE FUTURE – RIO TINTO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l_EbGLItyY

Space travel and mining

(Scientific) Conferences to locate feasible bases

on Mars
ROBOTICS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0_DPi0PmF0
WHAT IS CONTINUUM MECHANICS
Continuum (Latin continuus – together)
 Atoms and molecules fill the space “discretely”
 For engineering analysis we can assume that the matter fills the space “continuously” – continuum
 Matter will exist in the smallest of the smallest volume

 The physical quantities are therefore defined at a point

 Physical quantities (density, velocity, stress, temperature, etc.) are also continuous and have continuous
derivatives.
 So we can partition the continuum into infinitesimal volumes and write conservation equations and the
equations of motion for each
 Can we apply the continuum concept all the time? – matter of scientific experience (see Knudsen
number (Kn) in gases)
WHAT IS CONTINUUM MECHANICS
Mechanics
 Study of motion of bodies under the action of external forces

POINT-MASS RIGID-BODY CONTINUUM

THEORY MECHANICS MECHANICS

Plastic chair
Diving board
Fluids

Continuum Mechanics = The response of solids and fluids to external stresses

COURSE CONTENT
Mathematical fundamentals: tensors (indicial notation, algebra, matrices and
determinants, transformation laws, calculus, eigenvalues and directions)
Force: stress (definition, equilibrium equations, symmetry, principal stresses and
directions, Mohr’s circle, spherical and deviatoric stress)
Displacement: strain (configurations, material and spatial coordinates, material
derivative, deformation, rate of deformation
Conservation laws: mass, momentum, energy
Constitutive laws: effect of material on motion
Application: fluid dynamics
What next
ERAS OF TECHNOLOGY
Construction boom
Manufacturing
IT boom
Finance boom
Data Analytics
Smartphone and apps
Automated high-tech technology boom?
APPLICATION AREAS
Mechanical: fluid flow, heat transfer, energy production
Aerospace: aerodynamics, structures
Civil: structures against wind and snow loads
Materials: nanotubes, SMA
Maths: numerical algorithms
Biology: biomechanics, biofluids,
Medicine: brain imaging (DTI, TBM), tongue deformation
for speech treatment
Physics: climate, ocean, magma, LIGO!, tectonics,
cosmological fluids
Electronics: hardware cooling
CS: gaming, vision processing
Sports: Golf, cricket, football
STAY MOTIVATED
Movies and TV series
 Iron Man series
 Continuum (Canadian TV series)
 Ex Machina
 Star trek

Popular science
 Magazines
 Sci fi

History of science
 Stories
MY EXPECTATIONS
Enjoy the course (ideas matter)
Please ask questions
Attend lectures
 Not a difficult course but a new concept
 Missing lectures will break continuity and you may get disheartened and lose interest

Try to think how the things you learn can be applied in real life technological
solutions.
At the end of the course I want you to have learnt something new
FUN FACT / FOOD FOR THOUGHT
We will spend the last few minutes of each lecture talking about an interesting fact
relating to history of science / scientific ideas.