TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

 

Lecture notes are posted in the schedule below

Zoom link for live lectures (see welcome announcement on Piazza for password)

Screen-captured lecture recordings can be found on the Fall 2020 TAM 251 Mediaspace channel

Week Day Date Lectures CBTF Quiz
(Subject to Changes!)

HW Due Date
(Subject to Changes!)

Worksheet
1 M Aug 24

Introduction & Course Overview

Stress prelecture

Lecture01 Intro

Lecture01 Stress

    WS #1: Introduction and Review of Statics
1 W Aug 26

Stress

Lecture02

   
1 F Aug 28

Stress

(No Live Lecture)

Lecture03

  HW #0: Statics Review
2 M Aug 31

Stress Design

Lecture04

    WS #2: Elbow Joint
2 W Sep 2

Strain

Strain prelecture

Lecture05 Part 1

Lecture05 Part 2

   
2 F Sep 4

Strain

(No Live Lecture)

Lecture06

  HW #1: Stress
3 M Sep 7

No class - Labor Day

    WS #3: Tailgate
3 W Sep 9

Material Properties

Material Properties prelecture

Lecture07

For this lecture only, see piazza post @118 for links to the video lecture

 

  HW #2: Strain
3 F Sep 11

Material Properties

(No Live Lecture)

Quiz 1: Stress and Strain

 
4 M Sep 14

Axial Loading

Axial Loading prelecture

Lecture08 - material properties

Lecture08 - axial loading

    WS #4: Bridge
4 W Sep 16

Axial loading

Lecture09

  HW #3: Material Properties and Axial loading Part 1
4 F Sep 18

Axial loading

(No Live Lecture)

Lecture10

   
5 M Sep 21

Axial loading

Lecture11

    WS #5: Wind Turbine
5 W Sep 23

Torsion

Torsion prelecture

Lecture12

  HW #4: Axial loading Part 2
5 F Sep 25

Torsion

(No Live Lecture)

Lecture13

Quiz 2: Material Properties and Axial Loading

 
6 M Sep 28

Torsion

Lecture14

    WS #6: Torsion Bar
6 W Sep 30

Torsion

Lecture15

Wrench example solution

Gear example solution

  HW #5: Torsion Part 1
6 F Oct 2

Shear and moment diagrams

(No Live Lecture)

Bending prelecture

Lecture16

   
7 M Oct 5

Shear and moment diagrams

Lecture17

   

WS #7: Internal forces statics review

Stress Concentration Visualization

7 W Oct 7

Beams in bending

Lecture18

  HW #6: Torsion Part 2
7 F Oct 9

No content today

(No Live Lecture)

Quiz 3: Torsion

 
8 M Oct 12

Beams in bending

Lecture19

   

WS #8: Bicycle!

Bike Chain Animation (Source: Fox Mahoney Youtube)

8 W Oct 14

Transverse shear

Transverse shear prelecture

Lecture 20 Bending

Lecture 20 Transverse shear

T-beam Matlab code

   
8 F Oct 16

Transverse shear

(No Live Lecture)

Lecture 21

  HW #7: Normal stress in beams
9 M Oct 19

Transverse shear

Lecture 22

    WS #9: Boom Crane
9 W Oct 21

Transverse shear

Lecture 23

Completed built-up beam example

   
9 F Oct 23

Pressure vessels, combined loading

(No Live Lecture)

Combined loading prelecture

Quiz 4: Beam bending

 
10 M Oct 26

Combined loading

Lecture 24

    WS #10: Beam Design
10 W Oct 28

Combined loading

Lecture 25

 

HW #8: Transverse shear in beams

 

10 F Oct 30

Combined loading

(No Live Lecture)

Lecture 26

Gondola example

   
11 M Nov 2

Combined loading

Lecture 30

    WS #11: Pipe System
11 W Nov 4

Stress transformation

Stress Transformation prelecture

Lecture 28 combined loading

Extra combined loading example

Lecture 28 stress transformation

   
11 F Nov 6

No material for today

(No Live Lecture)

Quiz 5: Transverse shear

 
12 M Nov 9

Stress transformation

Lecture 29

    WS #12: Mohr's Circle
12 W Nov 11

Stress transformation

Lecture 30

  HW #9: Combined loading
12 F Nov 13

Failure theories

(No Live Lecture)

Lecture 31 Stress Transformation

Failure theories prelecture

Lecture 31 Failure Theories

   
13 M Nov 16

Failure theories

Beam Deflection prelecture

Lecture 32

   

WS #12: Mohr's Circle

WS #13: Tongs

13 W Nov 18

Beam deflection

Lecture 33

  HW #10: Stress transformation and failure theories
13 F Nov 20

Beam deflection

(No Live Lecture)

Quiz 6: Combined loading,

Stress Transformation,

Failure theories

 
Nov 23-27 Thanksgiving Break
14 M Nov 30

Beam deflection

Lecture 34

Beam deflection profile #1

Beam deflection profile #2

    WS #13: Tongs
14 W Dec 2

Beam deflection

Lecture 35

   
14 F Dec 4

Beam deflection

(No Live Lecture)

Lecture 36

 

 
15 M Dec 7

Beam deflection

Lecture 37

  HW #11: Beam deflection Part 1  
15 W Dec 9

No class/no lecture/no recording

  HW #12: Beam deflection Part 2
15 F Dec 11

No Class

   

Final exam: The exam will take place on Wed 12/16 from 7 PM to 10 PM. Three hour cumulative exam administered via CBTF online. Includes beam deflection.