# Calendar

Course calendar.
Lec # | TOPICS | KEY DATES
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1 | Course Overview |
2 | Tractions |
3 | Stress Tensor |
4 | Stress Tensor (cont.) |
5 | Stress Tensor in Different Coordinate Systems |
6 | Pore Fluid Pressure |
7 | Newton's Second Law | Problem set 1 due
8 | Stress in the Earth |
9 | Stress Rotation |
10 | Sandbox Tectonics |
11 | Sandbox Tectonics - Simple Theory | Problem set 2 due
12 | Displacement Gradients |
13 | Measurement of Displacement Gradient Tensor |
14 | Finite Strain |
15 | Elasticity | Problem set 3 due
16 | Simple Example: Uniaxial Strain |
17 | Special Cases |
18 | Dislocation in Elastic Halfspace Model of the Earthquake Cycle |
19 | Stress and Strain from a Screw Dislocation | Problem set 4 due
20 | Plates |
21 | Plates (cont.) |
22 | Plates (cont.) | Problem set 5 due
23 | Plates Summary and Fluids |
24 | Fluids (cont.) |
25 | Navier Stokes Equation | Problem set 6 due
26 | Growth and Decay of Boundary Undulations |
27 | Flow in Porous Media |
28 | Time Dependent Porous Flow | Problem set 7 due