CATALOG DATA:
The course covers fundamental principles and techniques in stress analysis of trusses, beams, rigid frame, and then-walled structures. Emphasis is placed on energy methods associated with calculus of variations.TEXTBOOK:
Barber, J.R., Intermediate Mechanics of Materials, McGraw-Hill.GOALS:
This course is designed to re-introduce students to the topics of introductory solid mechanics by establishing a more fundamental approach based on application of fundamental laws, equilibrium, compatibility and constitutive behavior, to familiar and new situations to generate governing equations and find exact solutions for the stress within a component. Then a different method, based on energy methods and the calculus of variations, is applied to more difficult situations to find approximate solutions when exact solutions are more difficult to find.Topics:
- Background
i. Stress-equilibrium
ii. Strain-compatibility
iii. Elasticity-constitutive behavior- Strength of materials revisited
i. Axial loading
ii. Torsion
iii. Beam bending- Failure Criteria
- Energy Methods
- Unsymmetric Bending
- Beam on an elastic foundation
ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared the course description:
Engineering Science: 2.0 credits or 67%
Engineering Design: 1.0 credits or 33%Prepared by: Professor James J. Mason
Last Update: April 13, 2004
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