This course introduces advanced topics in computational mechanics, focusing onmodern methods for modeling nonlinear problems at the continuum scale. Topics include contact, fracture, and coupled problems. Students gain both theoreticalinsight and practical skills to address complex boundary value problems in solidmechanics.

This course is an introduction to various programming techniques and tools for the development of scientific simulations (using C++). It provides the practical and theoretical basis for high-performance computing (HPC) including data structure, testing, performance evaluation and parallelization. The course bridges the gap between introductory and advanced programming courses.