TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

 
Week Day Date Lectures CBTF Quiz (subject to changes!) HW (subject to changes!) Worksheet
1 M Aug 27

Lecture 0: Intro to Mechanics of materials

Pre-Lecture Chapter 1: Stress

Lecture 1

    DS #1: Introduction and Review of Statics
1 W Aug 29

Lecture 2/3: Normal and shear stress

 
1 F Aug 31 Lecture Cancelled HW #0: Statics Review
2 M Sep 3 No class - Labor Day Quiz 1: Stress (1-4), Th-Sat  

DS #2: Elbow Joint

 

Mathematica Demo

 

2 W Sep 5

Lecture 3/4: Stress and allowable stress design

Pre-Lecture Chapter 2: Strain

 
2 F Sep 7

Lecture 5: Strain
Lecture 5: additional example with shear and normal strain

HW #1: Stress
3 M Sep 10

Pre-Lecture Chapter 3: Material Properties

Lecture 6: Stress-strain diagram
 

Quiz 1 Retry: Stress (1-4), Th-Sat   DS #3: Tailgate
3 W Sep 12

Lecture 7: Stress-strain diagram

Pre-Lecture Chapter 4: Axial Loading

 
3 F Sep 14

Lecture 8: Deformations under axial loading

HW#2: Strain + Material
4 M Sep 17

Lecture 9: Statically indeterminate structures

Quiz 2: Strain+Material+axial loading part 1 (focus on 5-8), Th-Sat   DS #4: Bridge
4 W Sep 19

Lecture 10: Temperature effects

HW#3: Axial loading
4 F Sep 21

Lecture 11: Misfit problems

Pre-Lecture Chapter 5: Torsion

 
5 M Sep 24

Lecture 12: Torsion

Quiz 2 Retry: Strain+Material+axial loading part 1 (focus on 5-8), Th-Sat   DS #5: Wind Turbine
5 W Sep 26

Lecture 13: Torsion and shear stress

HW#4: Axial loading
5 F Sep 28

Lecture 14: Angle of twist and indeterminate shafts

 
6 M Oct 1

Lecture 15: Indeterminate shafts and failure

Pre-Lecture Chapter 6: Bending (Part 1)

Quiz 3: Axial loading part 2 + Torsion (focus on 9-15), Th-Sat   DS #6: Torsion Bar
6 W Oct 3 Lecture 16: Bending HW#5: Torsion
6 F Oct 5 Lecture 17: Shear force and bending moment diagrams
 
 
7 M Oct 8 Lecture 18: Review (Lectures 1-15) Quiz 3 Retry: Axial loading part 2 + Torsion (focus on 9-15), Th-Sat  

DS #7: Internal forces statics review

Stress Concentration Visualization

7 W Oct 10 Lecture 19: In-class quiz 1 (Lectures 1-15)

Solutions: Version A Version B

NO HW due this week
7 F Oct 12

Pre-Lecture Chapter 6: Bending (Part 2)

Lecture 20: Beams in bending - normal stress

 
8 M Oct 15 Lecture 21: Beams in bending - area moments Quiz 4: Beam bending - Normal stress (focus on 16-22), Th-Sat  

DS #8: Bicycle!

Bike Chain Animation (Source: Fox Mahoney Youtube)

8 W Oct 17 Lecture 22: Composite beams / combined normal stress  
8 F Oct 19

Pre-Lecture Chapter 7: Transverse shear

Lecture 23: Transverse shear / stresses

HW#6: Normal stress in beams
9 M Oct 22 Lecture 24: Transverse shear / shear flow Quiz 4 Retry: Beam bending - Normal stress (focus on 16-22), Th-Sat   DS #9: Boom Crane
9 W Oct 24 Lecture 25: Transverse shear / thin-walled members NO HW due this week
9 F Oct 26

Pre-Lecture Chapter 8: Pressure Vessels and Combined Loading

Lecture 26: Pressure Vessels

 
10 M Oct 29 Lecture 27: Pressure Vessels / Combined Loading Quiz 5: Beam bending - Transverse shear stress (focus on 23-25), Th-Sat   DS #10: Beam Design
10 W Oct 31 Lecture 28: Combined Loading HW#7: Transverse shear stress
10 F Nov 2 Lecture 29: Combined Loading
 
 
11 M Nov 5

Pre-Lecture Chapter 9: Stress transformation and Failure

Lecture 30: Stress transformation/ Principal Stresses

Quiz 5 Retry: Beam bending - Transverse shear stress  (focus on 23-25), Th-Sat   DS #11: Pipe System
11 W Nov 7 Lecture 31: Stress transformation / Shear Stress, Mohr's Circle HW#8: Pressure vessels and combined loading
11 F Nov 9 Lecture 32: Stress transformation / combined loading
 
 
12 M Nov 12 Lecture 33: Failure analysis, absolute maximum shear stress, generalized Hooke's law Quiz 6: Stress transformation / Pressure vessels / Combined Loading (focus on 26-33), Wed-Fri   DS #12: Mohr's Circle
12 W Nov 14

Pre-Lecture Chapter 10: Deflection of Beams

Lecture 34: Deflection in beams - integration

HW#9: Stress transformation
12 F Nov 16

Lecture Cancelled

Enjoy your Break!

 
Nov 19-23 Thanksgiving Break
13 M Nov 26 Lecture 35: Deflection in beams - boundary conditions Quiz 6 Retry: Stress transformation / Pressure vessels / Combined Loading (focus on 26-33), Th-Sat   DS #13: Tongs
13 W Nov 28 Lecture 36: Deflection in beams - superposition methods  
13 F Nov 30 Lecture 37: Deflection in beams - Statically indeterminate problems HW#10: Deflection - Part 1
14 M Dec 3

Pre-Lecture Chapter 11: Buckling

Lecture 38: Buckling

Quiz 7: Deflection problems (focus on 34-37), Th-Sat   DS #14: Guitar
14 W Dec 5 Lecture 39: Buckling, elastic instability  
14 F Dec 7 Lecture 40: Review  (Lectures 16-33) HW#11: Deflection - Part 2
15 M Dec 10 Lecture 41: In-class quiz 2

Solutions: Version A Version B

Quiz 7 Retry: Deflection problems (focus on 34-37), Sun-Tues    
15 W Dec 12 Lecture 42: Review    
15 F Dec 14      

Tuesday, December 18th, 1:30 - 4:30 pm

Last Name A-R: Gregory 100

Last Name S-Z: Gregory 223

Final exam

Example Exam

Example Exam Solution