TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

 
Week Day Date Class Material PrairieLearn Worksheet
1 M Aug 22 Lecture 1: Intro to Mechanics of materials Info page   DS #1: Introduction and Review of Statics
1 W Aug 24 Lecture 2: Equilibrium and stress Reading: 1.2-1.4  
1 F Aug 26 Lecture 3: Normal and shear stresses Reading: 1.4-1.5 HW #0: Statics Review
2 M Aug 29 Lecture 4: Allowable stress design Reading: 1.6   DS #2: Elbow Joint
2 W Aug 31 Lecture 5: Strain Reading: 2.1-2.2  
2 F Sep 2 Lecture 6: Stress-strain diagram Reading: 3.1-3.4 HW #1: Stress
3 M Sep 5 Labor Day - no class     DS #3: Tailgate
3 W Sep 7 Lecture 7: Stress-strain diagram Reading: 3.6-3.7 HW#2: Strain
3 R Sep 8     Quiz 1 (Th-Sat)
3 F Sep 9 Lecture 8: Deformations under axial loading Reading: 4.1-4.3  
4 M Sep 12 Lecture 9: Statically indeterminate structures Reading: 4.4-4.5   DS #4: Bridge
4 W Sep 14 Lecture 10: Temperature effects Reading: 4.4-4.6 HW#3: Material + Axial loading
4 R Sep 15     Quiz 1 Retry (Th-Sat)
4 F Sep 16 Lecture 11: Misfit problems Reading: 4.4-4.6  
5 M Sep 19 Lecture 12: In-lecture quiz, Quiz 1A solution     DS #5: Wind turbine
5 W Sep 21 Lecture 13: Torsion Reading: 5.1-5.3 HW#4: Axial loading
5 R Sep 22     Quiz 2 (Th-Sat)
5 F Sep 23 Lecture 14: Torque-displacement relation Reading: 5.4  
6 M Sep 26 Lecture 15: Indeterminate shafts Reading: 5.5   DS #6: Torsion bar
6 W Sep 28 Lecture 16: Indeterminate shafts + thin-walled tubes Reading: 5.6-5.7 HW#5: Torsion - Part 1
6 R Sep 29     Quiz 2 Retry (Th-Sat)
6 F Sep 30 Lecture 17: In-lecture Quiz Quiz 2A Solution Quiz 2B Solution    
7 M Oct 3 Lecture 18: SF and BM diagrams Reading: 6.1-6.2   DS #7:
7 W Oct 5 Lecture 19: SF and BM diagrams Reading: 6.1-6.2 HW#6: Torsion - Part 2
7 R Oct 6     Quiz 3 (Th-Sat)
7 F Oct 7 Lecture 20: Beams in bending Reading: 6.3-6.4  
8 M Oct 10 Lecture 21: Beams in bending Reading: 6.3-6.4   DS #8:
8 W Oct 12 Lecture 22: Composite beams Reading: 6.5-6.6 HW#7: Bending - Part 1
8 R Oct 13     Quiz 3 Retry (Th-Sat)
8 F Oct 14 Lecture 23: In-lecture quiz, Quiz 3A Solution, Quiz 3B Solution    
9 M Oct 17 Lecture 24: Transverse shear Reading: 7.1-7.2   DS #9:
9 W Oct 19 Lecture 25: Shear flow in built-up beams Reading: 7.3 HW#8: Bending - Part 2
9 R Oct 20     Quiz 4 (Th-Sat)
9 F Oct 21 Lecture 26: Shear flow in built-up beams Reading: 7.4  
10 M Oct 24 Lecture 27: In-lecture quiz, Quiz 4A Solution, Quiz 4B Solution   Quiz 4 Retry (Mon-Wed) DS #10
10 W Oct 26 Lecture 28: Pressure vessels Reading: 8.1 HW#9: Transverse shear
10 R Oct 27     Quiz 5 (Th-Sat)
10 F Oct 28 Lecture 29: Combined loading Reading: 8.2  
11 M Oct 31 Lecture 30: Combined loading Reading: 8.2   DS# 11:
11 W Nov 2 Lecture 31: Stress transformation Reading: 9.1-9.3 HW#10: Pressure Vessels
11 R Nov 3     Quiz 5 Retry (Th-Sat)
11 F Nov 4 Lecture 32: Stress transformation Reading: 9.4-9.5  
12 M Nov 7 Lecture 33: Generalized Hook's law + theories of failure
Extra-example 1 Extra-example 2
Reading: 10.6-10.7   DS #12:
12 W Nov 9 Lecture 34: Quiz 5A Solution v1, Quiz 5A Solution v2, Quiz 5B Solution v1, Quiz 5B Solution v2   HW#11: Stress transformation
12 R Nov 10     Quiz 6 (Th-Sat)
12 F Nov 11 Lecture 35: Deflection in beam - integration methods Reading: 12.1-12.2  
13 M Nov 14 Lecture 36:Deflection in beam - integration and superposition methods Reading: 12.1-12.2   DS #13:
13 W Nov 16 Lecture 37:Deflection in beam - integration and superposition methods Mathematica file for deflection problems Reading: 12.5 Quiz 6 Retry (Wed-Fri)
13 F Nov 18 No class - Enjoy your break!   HW#12: Deflection - Part 1
14 M Nov 28 Lecture 38: Statically indeterminate - integration methods Reading: 12.6-12.7 Quiz 7 (Mon-Wed) DS #14:
14 W Nov 30 Lecture 39: Statically indeterminate - superposition methods Reading: 12.9  
14 R Dec 1      
14 F Dec 2 Lecture 40: Quiz 6A Solution, Quiz 6B Solution   HW#13: Deflection - Part 2
15 M Dec 5 Lecture 41: Buckling Reading: 13.1-13.3 Quiz 7 Retry (Mon-Wed)  
15 W Dec 7 Lecture 42: Review