TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

 

Our quiz window is Thursday - Saturday. We will also have quiz retries, 1 week after each first try quiz.
The schedule bellow shows the week of each first try quiz.

Lecture Recordings (starting 10/14/2022): Playlist Link

Week Day Date Lectures CBTF Quiz

HW Due Date

Worksheet
1 M Aug 22

Introduction & Course Overview
Post-lecture Notes

   

WS #1: Introduction and Review of Statics

Solution

1 W Aug 24

Statics Review
Ch01-Stress-Prelecture

   
1 F Aug 26

Normal Stress
Ch01-Postlecture

  HW #0: Statics review
2 M Aug 29

Shear Stress

   

WS #2: Elbow Joint

Solution

2 W Aug 31

Stress Design

  HW #1: Stress
2 F Sep 2

Strain
Ch02-Strain-Prelecture
Ch02-Postlecture

   
3 M Sep 5

No class - Labor Day

   

WS #3: Tailgate

Solution

3 W Sep 7

Material Properties
Ch03-Prelecture
Ch03-Postlecture

  HW #2: Strain
3 F Sep 9

Material Properties

Quiz 1: Stress and Strain

 
4 M Sep 12

Axial Loading
Ch04-Prelecture
Ch04-Postlecture

   

WS #4: Bridge

Solution

4 W Sep 14

Axial loading

  HW #3: Material properties and axial loading - Part 1
4 F Sep 16

Axial loading

   
5 M Sep 19

Axial loading

   

WS #5: Wind Turbine

Solution

5 W Sep 21

Torsion
Ch05-Prelecture
Ch05-Postlecture

  HW #4: Axial loading - Part 2
5 F Sep 23

Torsion

Quiz 2: Material Properties and Axial Loading

 
6 M Sep 26

Torsion

   

WS #6: Torsion Bar

Solution

6 W Sep 28

Torsion

  HW #5: Torsion - Part 1
6 F Sep 30

Bending moment
Ch06-Prelecture
Ch06-Postlecture

   
7 M Oct 3

Shear and moment diagrams

   

WS #7: Internal forces statics review

Solution

7 W Oct 5

Torsion review

  HW #6: Torsion - Part 2
7 F Oct 7

Beams in bending

Quiz 3: Torsion

 
8 M Oct 10

Beams in bending

   

WS #8: Bicycle!

Bike Chain Animation (Source: Fox Mahoney Youtube)

Solution

8 W Oct 12

Transverse shear
Ch07-Prelecture
Ch07-Postlecture

  HW #7: Normal stress in beams
8 F Oct 14

Transverse shear

   
9 M Oct 17

Transverse shear

   

WS #9: Boom Crane

Solution

9 W Oct 19

Beams bending and transverse shear review

  HW #8: Transverse shear in beams
9 F Oct 21

Pressure vessels
Ch08-Prelecture
Ch08-Postlecture

Quiz 4: Beam Bending and Transverse Shear

 
10 M Oct 24

Combined loading

   

WS #10: Beam Design

Solution

10 W Oct 26

Combined loading

 

 

10 F Oct 28

Combined loading

   
11 M Oct 31

Stress transformation
Ch09-Prelecture
Ch09-Postlecture

   

WS #11: Pipe System

Solution

11 W Nov 2

Combined loading review

  HW #9: Combined loading
11 F Nov 4

Stress transformation

Quiz 5: Combined Loading

 
12 M Nov 7

Stress transformation

   

WS #12: Mohr's Circle

Solution

12 W Nov 9

Failure theories
Ch10-Prelecture
Ch10-Postlecture

  HW #10: Stress transformation
12 F Nov 11

Beam deflection
Ch12-Prelecture
Ch12-Postlecture

   
13 M Nov 14

Beam deflection

   

WS #12 (Cont.)

 

13 W Nov 16

Beam deflection

Quiz 6: Stress Transformation, Failure Theories HW #11: Beam deflection - Part 1
13 F Nov 18

No class

 

 
Nov 19-27 Fall Break
15 M Nov 28

Beam deflection

    WS #13: Tongs
15 W Nov 30

Buckling
Ch13-Prelecture
Ch13-Postlecture

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

Buckling

 
16 M Dec 5

Buckling
Semester Recap

     
16 W Dec 7

Review Q&A

  HW #13: Buckling
16 F Dec 9

No Class

   

Final exam: Tuesday, December 13, 7-10pm, 1320 DCL: bring your own laptop to the testing location.