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: Jiong CA: Emily, Emma
12-1		ADG TA: Jiong CA: Emily, Hongjie
1-2	ADA TA: Omar CA: Emma, Frankie	ADH TA: Jiong CA: Emily, Hongjie
2-3	ADB TA: Omar CA: Emma, Neil
3-4	ADC TA: Omar CA: Frankie, Neil
4-5	ADD TA: Ho Kun CA: Frankie, Neil

 

Office hours:

Dr. Wayne Chang: Monday 10-11am, Wednesday 3-4pm in 1025 LuMEB, or by appointment

Teaching and course assistant office hours are held in 2045 LuMEB according to the schedule below. Office hours start on Tuesday, Aug. 23rd.

	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
6-7	Omar Emma	Jiong Frankie	Jiong Emily	Omar Neil	Ho Kun Hongjie
7-8	Omar Emma	Jiong Frankie	Jiong Emily	Omar Neil	Ho Kun Hongjie
8-9

Online forum (Campuswire):

TAs and CAs monitor Campuswire according to the following schedule:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Omar Emily	Ho Kun Emma	Jiong Emma	Jiong Neil	Ho Kun Frankie	Ho Kun Emily	Omar Hongjie