TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

General Info	Grades	Formal Assessment	Contact Info
Website	TAM 2XX Policies	Discussions	Office hours
Course description	Grading		Online forum
Prerequisites
Reference text

Website:

The official class website is http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/tam251/

Description:

Relationship between internal stresses and deformations produced by external forces acting on deformable bodies, and design principles based on mechanics of solids: normal stresses, shear stresses, and deformations produced by tensile, compressive, torsional, and bending loading of members; beam deflections; elastic energy and impact; multi-dimensional stress states; buckling of columns.

Big Idea:

Solid materials deform and break. The extrinsic relation of force and displacement is governed by intrinsic material measures of stress and strain. The challenge is to connect the extrinsic to the intrinsic.

Prerequisites:

TAM 210 or TAM 211.

Reference texts:

There is no required textbook for this class. However, theses texts are very useful

• R. C. Hibbeler, Mechanics of Materials, 9th edition, Pearson, Prentice Hall, 2014.
• F. B. Beer, E. R. Johnston, J. T. DeWolf, and D. F. Mazurek, Mechanics of Materials, 7th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2015.
• R. R. Craig, Mechanics of Materials, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2011.

TAM 2XX Policies:

General TAM 2XX course policies may be found at: http://mechref.engr.illinois.edu/pol/policies.html

Grading:

The total score for the course is computed with the following weights:

 

Discussion sections:

Discussion sections are held according to the schedule below.

	Tuesday	Wednesday
9-10
10-11
11-12		ADF TA: Pouyan CA: Emma
12-1		ADG TA: Omar CA: Emily, Nick
1-2	ADA TA: Pouyan CA: Emily, Christina	ADH TA: Omar CA: Emily, Nick
2-3	ADB TA: Pouyan CA: Emily, Nick
3-4	ADC TA: Pouyan CA: Mickey, Emma
4-5	ADD TA: Pouyan CA: Christina, Mickey

 

Office hours:

Dr. Wayne Chang: Wednesday, 3:15-5pm, 1025 LuMEB

Teaching and course assistant office hours are held according to the schedule below. Office hours start in the second week of the semester.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8-9
9-10
10-11
11-12
12-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6	Omar Nick	Yiliang Mickey	Yiliang Nick	Yiliang Christina	Omar Emily
6-7	Emily Omar	Yiliang Mickey	Yiliang Emma	Yiliang Christina	Omar Emma
7-8
8-9

Online forum (Campuswire):

TAs and CAs monitor Campuswire according to the following schedule:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Emma	Pouyan Emily	Yiliang Mickey	Yiliang Christina	Omar Nick	Omar Nick	Pouyan