Chong-Qing Ru, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
Email
cru@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-4477
Address
10-330 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 St
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Mechanics And Materials Elasticity And Solid Mechanics Applied Mechanics Nano And Micro Materials Soft Matter Mechanics Composite Mechanics


About

Education:

  • PhD. Peking University (China)

Research

Professor in Solid/Applied Mechanics


Courses

MEC E 380 - Advanced Strength of Materials I

Stress, strain, stress-strain relation, time-independent and time-dependent behavior, virtual work and energy theorems, deformations, indeterminate systems, matrix methods. Prerequisite: CIV E 270.


MEC E 682 - Nanomechanics

Surface forces, van der Waals forces, electrostatic forces, Poisson-Boltzmann equation, capillary forces, adhesion contact mechanics, surface energy, tip-surface interaction, adhesion of micro-cantilevers, microbeam arrays, carbon nanotubes, dissipation in MEMS/NEMS, fluid flow with slip, mechanical models for cells, biomembranes, cellular filaments, microtubules, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. Prerequisite: MEC E 380 or consent of instructor.


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