TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

Week Day Date Lectures CBTF Quiz (subject to changes!) HW (subject to changes!) Worksheet
1 M Jan 20

No class - MLK Day

    WS #1: Statics Review Worksheet
1 W Jan 22

Chapter 0: Concepts and Preliminaries

Lecture 0: Introduction

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1 F Jan 24

Chapter 1: Stress

Lecture 1: Equilibrium and stress

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HW #0 (not for grade): Statics Review
2 M Jan 27

Lecture 2: Normal and shear stress

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    WS #2: Elbow Joint Worksheet
2 W Jan 29

Lecture 3: Normal and shear stress

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HW #1: Stress
2 F Jan 31

Chapter 2: Strain

Lecture 4: Allowable stress design, Strain

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3 M Feb 3

Lecture 5: Strain

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Quiz 1: Stress + Strain, Th-Sat   WS #3: Tailgate Worksheet
3 W Feb 5

Chapter 3: Material Properties
example: stress-strain test

Lecture 6: Stress-strain diagram

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HW#2: Strain
3 F Feb 7

Lecture 7: Material properties

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4 M Feb 10

Chapter 4: Axial Load

Lecture 8: Deformations under axial loading

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Quiz 1 Retry: Stress + Strain, Th-Sat   WS #4: Bridge Worksheet
4 W Feb 12

Lecture 9: Statically indeterminate structures

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HW#3: Material + Axial loading - Part 1
4 F Feb 14

Lecture 10: Temperature effects

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5 M Feb 17

Lecture 11: Misfit problems

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Quiz 2: Material Properties + Axial Loading, Th-Sat

  WS #5: Wind Turbine Worksheet
5 W Feb 19

Chapter 5: Torsion

Lecture 12: Torsion of circular shafts

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HW#4: Axial loading - Part 2
5 F Feb 21

Lecture 13: Torque-twist relation

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6 M Feb 24

Lecture 14: Failure in shear, Torsion

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Quiz 2 Retry: Material Properties + Axial Loading, Th-Sat   WS #6: Torsion Bar Worksheet
6 W Feb 26

Chapter 6: Beams in Bending

Lecture 15: Indeterminate Shafts

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HW#5: Torsion - Part 1
6 F Feb 28

Lecture 16: Beams in Bending: Shear force and bending moment diagrams

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7 M Mar 2

Lecture 17: Computing shear forces and bending moments

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Quiz 3: Torsion, Th-Sat   WS #7: Internal forces statics review Worksheet
7 W Mar 4

Lecture 18: Geometry of deformation

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HW#6: Torsion - Part 2; Bending
7 F Mar 6

Lecture 19: Bending stress and area moments

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Extra: composite beams tutorial

 
8 M Mar 9

Chapter 7: Transverse shear

Lecture 20: Shear stress distribution in beams

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Quiz 3 Retry: Torsion, Wed-Fri

 

  WS #8: Bicycle! Worksheet
8 W Mar 11

Lecture 21: Transverse shear - shear flow

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HW#7: Beams in Bending
8 F Mar 13

Lecture Cancelled - Enjoy your Spring Break!

 
Mar 14-22

Spring Break
Enjoy your Break!

9 M Mar 23

Lecture 22: Shear flow in built-up members

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  WS #9: Boom Crane Worksheet
9 W Mar 25

Chapter 8: Pressure Vessels, Combined Loading

Lecture 23: Pressure Vessels

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No Homework Due
9 F Mar 27

Quiz 4: Beam Bending (9:00am - 9:50am)

 
10 M Mar 30

Lecture 24: Combined Loading

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  WS #10: Beam Design Worksheet
10 W Apr 1

Lecture 25: Combined Loading

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HW#8: Transverse shear stress
10 F Apr 3

Chapter 9: Stress Transformation
Stress Transformation Visualization

Lecture 26: Stress transformation

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Quiz 4 Retry: Beam Bending (9:00am - 9:50am)

 
11 M Apr 6

Lecture 27: Stress transformation/ Principal Stresses

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    WS #11: Pipe System Worksheet
11 W Apr 8

Lecture 28: Stress transformation / Shear Stress

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HW#9: Combined loading
11 F Apr 10

Lecture 29: Stress transformation / Mohr's Circle

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12 M Apr 13

Chapter 10: Stress/Strain in 3D and Theories of Failure

Lecture 30: Stress in 3D

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    WS #12: Mohr's Circle Worksheet
12 W Apr 15

Lecture 31: Generalized Hooke's Law/Theories of Failure

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HW#10: Stress transformation
12 F Apr 17

Quiz 5: Transverse Shear + Combined Loading, Stress Transformation (9:00am - 9:50am)

 
13 M Apr 20

Chapter 12: Deflection of beams

Lecture 32: Deflection of beams - integration methods

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    No WS Worksheet
13 W Apr 22

Lecture 33: Deflection of beams - superposition methods

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HW#11: Failure theories, deflection I
13 F Apr 24

Lecture 34: Deflection of beams: Statically indeterminate problems - integration methods

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Quiz 5 Retry: Transverse Shear + Combined Loading, Stress Transformation (9:00am - 9:50am)

 
14 M Apr 27

Lecture 35: Deflection of beams: Statically indeterminate problems - superposition methods

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    WS #13: Tongs
14 W Apr 29

Chapter 13: Buckling of columns

Lecture 36: Buckling

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HW#12: Deflection II - statically indeterminate
14 F May 1

Lecture 37: Buckling, elastic instability

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15 M May 4

Open office hours

 

   
15 W May 6

Open office hours

HW#13: Buckling
15 F May 8    

Finals Week

Final exam: Tuesday, May 12, 8:00-11:00 a.m. CDT