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 in Zoom meeting rooms at the links listed the schedule below.

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

 

Office hours:

Teaching and course assistant office hours are held in Zoom meeting rooms at the links listed the schedule below. Office hours start in the second week of the semester.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8-9				Prof. Mercer Password: Mercer
9-10			Matt	Prof. Mercer Mickey
10-11			Matt Mickey	Mickey
11-12
12-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6
6-7	Christina (Emily)	Pouyan Max	Emily	Bingyang Emily
7-8	Christina (Bingyang)	Max	Emily	Bingyang
8-9

Online forum (Piazza):

TAs and CAs monitor Piazza according to the following schedule:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Christina	Bingyang Christina	Bingyang Max	Pouyan Emily	Matt Mickey	Pouyan Mickey	Max