TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

Week Day Date Lectures CBTF Quiz (subject to changes!) HW (subject to changes!) Worksheet
1 M Aug 28 Lecture 1: Intro to Mechanics of materials
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DS #1: Introduction and Review of Statics
1 W Aug 30 Lecture 2: Equilibrium and stress
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1 F Sep 1 Lecture 3: Normal and shear stresses
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HW #0: Statics Review
2 M Sep 4 No class - Labor Day Quiz 1: Stress (1-4), Th-Sat DS #2: Elbow Joint
2 W Sep 6 Lecture 4: Allowable stress design
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HW #1: Stress
2 F Sep 8 Lecture 5: Strain
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3 M Sep 11 Lecture 6: Stress-strain diagram
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Quiz 1 Retry: Stress (1-4), Th-Sat DS #3: Tailgate
3 W Sep 13 Lecture 7: Stress-strain diagram
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HW#2: Strain + Material
3 F Sep 15 Lecture 8: Deformations under axial loading
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4 M Sep 18 Lecture 9: Statically indeterminate structures
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Quiz 2: Strain+Material+statically determinate axial loading (5-8), Th-Sat DS #4: Bridge
4 W Sep 20 Lecture 10: Temperature effects
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HW#3: Axial loading
4 F Sep 22 Lecture 11: Temperature effects + Misfit problems
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5 M Sep 25 Lecture 12: Misfit problems
Complete solutions
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Quiz 2 Retry: Statically determinate + indeterminate structures (5-12), Th-Sat DS #5: Wind Turbine
5 W Sep 27 Lecture 13: Torsion
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HW#4: Axial loading
5 F Sep 29 Lecture 14: Torque-displacement relation
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6 M Oct 2 Lecture 15: Indeterminate shafts
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Quiz 3: Torsion (13-16), Th-Sat DS #6: Torsion Bar
6 W Oct 4 Lecture 16: Indeterminate shafts
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HW#5: Torsion
6 F Oct 6 Lecture 17: SF and BM diagrams
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7 M Oct 9 Lecture 18: Review examples (Lectures 1-15) Quiz 3 Retry: Torsion (13-16), Th-Sat DS #7: Internal forces statics review
7 W Oct 11 Lecture 19: In-class quiz 1 (Lectures 1-15) NO HW due this week
7 F Oct 13 Lecture 20: Beams in bending - normal stress
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8 M Oct 16 Lecture 21: Beams in bending - normal stress
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Quiz 4: Beam bending - Normal stress (17-22), Th-Sat DS #8: Robot on a Bike!
8 W Oct 18 Lecture 22: Beams in bending - normal stress
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8 F Oct 20 Lecture 23: Transverse shear
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HW#6: normal stress
9 M Oct 23 Lecture 24: Transverse shear
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Quiz 4 Retry: Beam bending - Normal stress (17-22), Th-Sat DS #9: Boom Crane
9 W Oct 25 Lecture 25: Transverse shear
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9 F Oct 27 Lecture 26: Transverse shear
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Extra shear stress example
10 M Oct 30 Lecture 27: Combined Loading
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Quiz 5: Beam bending - Transverse shear stress (23-26), Th-Sat DS #10: Beam Design
Beam Design Solution
10 W Nov 1 Lecture 28: Combined Loading
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Lecture Examples
HW#7: Transverse shear stress
10 F Nov 3 Lecture 29: Pressure Vessels
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11 M Nov 6 Lecture 30: Pressure Vessels
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Quiz 5 Retry: Beam bending - Transverse shear stress (23-26), Th-Sat DS #11: Pipe System
11 W Nov 8 Lecture 31: Stress transformation
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HW#8: Pressure vessels and combined loading
11 F Nov 10 Lecture 32: Stress transformation
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12 M Nov 13 Lecture 33: Stress transformation + theories of failure
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Quiz 6: Stress transformation (27-34), Wed-Fri DS #12: Mohr's Circle
12 W Nov 15 Lecture 34: Examples combined loading + failure analysis
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12 F Nov 17 No class - Enjoy your break! HW#9: Stress transformation
13 M Nov 27 Lecture 35: Deflection in beam - integration
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Quiz 6 Retry: Stress transformation (27-34), Th-Sat DS #13: Chopsticks
13 W Nov 29 Lecture 36: Deflection in beam - superposition methods
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Mathematica pdf with ODE solve
Mathematica notebook (.nb) with ODE solve
13 F Dec 1 Lecture 37: Deflection in beam - superposition methods
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HW#10: Deflection - Part 1
14 M Dec 4 Lecture 38: Statically indeterminate - superposition methods
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Quiz 7: Deflection problems (35-38), Th-Sat DS #14: Guitar
14 W Dec 6 Lecture 39: Buckling
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14 F Dec 8 Lecture 40: Review examples - Lectures 20-34
Combined Loading problem
HW#11: Deflection - Part 2
15 M Dec 11 Lecture 41: In-class quiz 2
Solution
Quiz 7 Retry: Deflection problems (35-38), Mon-Wed
15 W Dec 13 Lecture 42: Review
15 F Dec 15 Final Exam
Sample final exam