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Prof. Hagh: MWF, 9-10 AM, Campus Instructional Facility | Room 2035
Prof. Rosa: MWF, 10-11 AM, Campus Instructional Facility | Room 0035
The official class website is http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/tam251/
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.
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.
TAM 210 or TAM 211.
There is no required textbook for this class. However, theses texts are very useful
The total score for the course is computed with the following weights:
Computer-based Quizzes (PraireLearn)
Online Homework (PraireLearn)
Discussion worksheets
Lecture participation (iClicker)
Final Exam
40%
15%
10%
5%
30%
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: Students can drop one of the lowest discussion grades.
Lecture attendance: Students can drop 6 lecture attendance grades (clicker).
The total score s corresponds to final grades as follows.
| 97% ≤ s < 100% | A+ | 93% ≤ s < 97% | A | 90% ≤ s < 93% | A- |
| 87% ≤ s < 90% | B+ | 83% ≤ s < 87% | B | 80% ≤ s < 83% | B- |
| 77% ≤ s < 80% | C+ | 73% ≤ s < 77% | C | 70% ≤ s < 73% | C- |
| 67% ≤ s < 70% | D+ | 63% ≤ s < 67% | D | 60% ≤ s < 63% | D- |
| s < 60% | F |
Discussion sections are held according to the schedule below.
AD# sections are held in LuMEB 0023 and OD# sections are held in LuMEB 2058.
| Monday | Tuesday | Thursday | |||
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| 9-10 |
ADC TA: Golam CA: Benas, Madelyn |
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| 10-11 |
ADD TA: Siyuan CA: Archit, Mihika |
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| 11-12 |
AD6 TA: Sandra CA: Archit, Ethan |
ADE TA: Siyuan CA: Madelyn, Gianna |
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| 12-1 |
AD1 TA: Sandra CA: Archit, Colin |
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| 1-2 |
AD2 TA: Beomhui CA: Benas, Gianna |
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| 2-3 |
AD3 TA: Zak CA: Archit, Hollis |
AD7 TA: Taewoo CA: Hollis, Joshua |
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| 3-4 |
AD4 TA: Zak CA: Doug, Hollis |
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| 4-5 |
AD5 TA: Zak CA: Ethan, Colin |
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| 5-6 |
ADA TA: Golam CA: Benas, Nicholas |
Teaching and course assistant: office hours are held in LuMEB 2045 according to the schedule below. Office hours start from the second week on Jan. 26th.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-7 |
Taewoo Doug Madelyn |
Zak Ethan Archit |
Nusrat Hollis Joshua |
Golam Colin Joshua |
Beomhui Nicholas Mihika |
| 7-8 |
Taewoo Colin Doug |
Zak Archit Gianna |
Nusrat Hollis Benas |
Golam Gianna Colin |
Siyuan Mihika
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| 8-9 |
Taewoo Benas |
Zak Archit |
William Hollis |
William Madelyn |
Siyuan Mihika |
TAs and CAs monitor Campuswire according to the following schedule:
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Golam Gianna Doug |
Taewoo Joshua Colin |
Zak Madelyn Archit |
Golam Ethan Hollis |
Nusrat Joshua Hollis |
Nusrat Archit Madelyn |
William Benas Gianna |
Quiz reviews take place Mondays and Tuesdays 4-6pm on certain weeks according to the course schedule.
| Monday 4-5 | Monday 5-6 | Tuesday 4-5 | Tuesday 5-6 |
|---|---|---|---|
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Nusrat Taewoo |
Nusrat Zak |
Beohui Golam |
Zak Taewoo |