TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

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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, these 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:

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 will be held in 0023 LuMEB.

Discussion sections are held according to the schedule below. (Section AD6, Monday 5pm-6pm was closed due to low enrollment.)

	Monday	Tuesday	Thursday
9-10			ADC TA: Ho Kun CA: Emily
10-11			ADD TA: Ho Kun CA: Matthew
11-12			ADE TA: Ganesh CA: Matthew, Eamon
12-1	AD1 TA: Omar CA: Emily, Eamon
1-2	AD2 TA: Omar CA: Neil
2-3	AD3 TA: Zeke CA: Emma	AD7 TA: Ganesh CA: Neil
3-4	AD4 TA: Zeke CA: Emma	AD8 TA: Mahmuda CA: Omar R
4-5	AD5 TA: Jehyung CA: Hongjie	AD9 TA: Mahmuda CA: Omar R

 

Office hours:

Teaching and course assistant office hours are held according to the schedule below. Office hours start in the first week of the semester.

Office hours will be held in 2045 LuMEB.

In addition to office hours, there will be quiz review sessions on Monday and Tuesday 6pm - 8pm starting week 4.

Wayne Chang: Monday and Friday 11am-12pm, or by appointment in 1025 LuMEB.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
6-7	Ho Kun Omar R	Mahmuda Matthew	Omar Neil, Eamon	Ganesh Hongjie	Jehyung Emma, Emily
7-8	Ho Kun Omar R	Mahmuda Matthew	Omar Neil, Emily	Ganesh Hongjie, Eamon	Jehyung Emma, Emily
8-9	Ganesh Omar R	Omar Matthew	Zeke Emily	Zeke Hongjie, Eamon	Jehyung Emma, Emily

Online forum (Campuswire):

TAs and CAs monitor Campuswire according to the following schedule:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Mahmuda Eamon	Omar Emma	Jehyung Omar R	Zeke Emily	Omar Neil	Ho Kun Hongjie	Ganesh Matthew