Università Roma Tre

Introduction and math background: scalars and vector operations, divergence, curl, gradient, tensors, matrix algebra
Elasticity: stress and strain tensors, Hooke's law, general elasticity relationships, Elastic moduli: Young, incompressibility, shear, Lamè constants, circular diagram of 2-D stress (Mohr circle).
Granular media: classificationa and mechanical properties, strenght, lishopsheric stress pattern, saturated media: Terzahi principle, effective pressure, total pressure. Dyanmic conditions, flow motion and Darcy's law
Rheology: Fragile behaviour, viscositym visco-elastic models (MAxwella nd Kelving-Voigt) .
Elastic waves: origin and propagation of P and S- waves, reflection and transmission coefficients, moment tensor and focal mechanisms (beach balls)

- Introduzione alla Meccanica delle Terre e delle Rocce (Cozzi, Della Monica)
- Fundamental of Geophysics, Lowrie, Cambridge ed.