TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

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Prerequisites
Reference text

Lectures:

Prof. Golecki: MWF, 9-10 AM, Materials Science & Eng Bld | Room 100

Lecture Notes

Lecture Recordings​

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.
• S. Timoshenko, History of Strength of Materials, Dover Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 1983.

Grading:

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

Retake quizzes: Optional retake quizzes are available in the week following each first-chance quiz. If you choose to take the retake quiz, the quiz score will be 90% of the higher scores + 10% of the lower score (0.9*max(first_chance_score, retake_score)+0.1*min(first_chance_score, retake_score)). If you do not take the first-chance-quiz, then your score will be 90% of the retake score.

Discussion sections:

Discussion sections are held according to the schedule below.

	Tuesday	Wednesday
9-10
10-11
11-12		ADF TA: Junren CA: Garrett, Chris
12-1		ADG TA: Junren CA: Max, Alejandra
1-2	ADA TA: Pranto CA: Max, Michael	ADH TA: Junren CA: David, Garrett
2-3	ADB TA: Taewoo CA: Michael, Chris
3-4	ADC TA: Zeke CA: David, Alejandra
4-5	ADD TA: Zeke CA: David, Garrett

 

Office hours:

Professor Golecki: office hours by appointment. 

Teaching and course assistant: office hours are held in 1043 LuMEB according to the schedule below. Office hours start from the second week on Sept. 3th. 

	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	Pranto Max Garrett	Junren Alejandra David	Taewoo David Garrett	Junren Alejandra Michael	Zeke Michael Max
6-7	Pranto Max Garrett	Junren Alejandra David	Taewoo David Garrett	Junren Alejandra Michael	Zeke Michael
7-8

 

Online forum (Campuswire):

TAs and CAs monitor Campuswire according to the following schedule:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Pranto	Taewoo Garrett	Junren Max	Taewoo Michael	Junren Alejandra	Zeke David	Pranto