This is an undergraduate-level mechanical engineering course, which covers the basic engineering stress, strain, and related force and deformation analysis for simple mechanical loading. Since the course is intended to serve students who have already taken Statics, basic skills in geometry and equilibrium analysis based on balance of force and moment are expected. Topics covered include simple loading situation such as axial tensile, simple shearing, compression, torsion, and bending as well as additional methods to solve simple statically indeterminate problems and combined loading situations such as off-centered axial loading, and the transformation of stress.<\/p>\n
\n- Identify mechanical properties and the characteristics of elastic behavior for basic types of material<\/li>\n
- Calculate the engineering stress and strain at a point for a specific simple loading arrangement<\/li>\n
- Transform plane stress and strain configurations and identify principal stress and principal axes<\/li>\n
- Use the appropriate failure criteria for simple situations and\/or materials (within elastic limit only)<\/li>\n
- Design prismatic beams for handling simple loading conditions<\/li>\n
- Determine the deflection at any point of a prismatic beam, given the simple loading and end (boundary) condition<\/li>\n
- Determine the load, shear and moment diagrams for a beam given the loading and end conditions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Course Syllabus\u00a0& Schedule<\/h1>\n
TENTATIVE Syllabus<\/a><\/p>\nSUGGESTED Schedule<\/a><\/p>\nCourse Materials<\/h1>\n
\n\n\nChapter<\/strong><\/td>\nContent<\/strong><\/td>\nLecture
\nSlides w\/ Hw<\/strong><\/td>\nHW Answers
\n& Hints<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch 01<\/td>\n | Introduction<\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch 02<\/td>\n | Stress and Strain\u00a0– Axial Loading<\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch 03<\/td>\n | Torsion<\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch 04<\/td>\n | Pure Bending<\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch 05<\/td>\n | Beams for Bending<\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch 06<\/td>\n | Shearing Stress in Beams and Thin-Walled Members<\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch 07<\/td>\n | Transformation of Stress & Strain – Mohr’s Circle<\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch 08<\/td>\n | Principle Stresses<\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch 09<\/td>\n | Deflection of Beams<\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch 10<\/td>\n | Columns<\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n | PDF<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nCourse Videos (on going effort)<\/h1>\n\n\n\nChapter<\/strong><\/td>\nContent<\/strong><\/td>\nDetailed content<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch01<\/td>\n | Introduction<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Ch02<\/td>\n | Stress and Strain\u00a0– Axial Loading<\/td>\n | Poisson ratio and generalized Hooke’s law<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch02<\/td>\n | Stress and Strain\u00a0– Axial Loading<\/td>\n | Statically indeterminate problem – rod in tube<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch02<\/td>\n | Stress and Strain\u00a0– Axial Loading<\/td>\n | Statically indeterminate problem – superposition method<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch02<\/td>\n | Stress and Strain\u00a0– Axial Loading<\/td>\n | Statically indeterminate problem – thermal expansion<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch02<\/td>\n | Stress and Strain\u00a0– Axial Loading<\/td>\n | Shearing strain and Hooke’s law for shearing<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch02<\/td>\n | Stress and Strain\u00a0– Axial Loading<\/td>\n | Shearing strain – class example<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch03<\/td>\n | Torsion<\/td>\n | Torsion – multi-section shaft example<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch03<\/td>\n | Torsion<\/td>\n | Normal stress in torsion and fracture type<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch03<\/td>\n | Torsion<\/td>\n | Angle of twist in torsion<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch03<\/td>\n | Torsion<\/td>\n | Statically indeterminate problem for torsion<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch03<\/td>\n | Torsion<\/td>\n | Transmission shaft design<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch04<\/td>\n | Pure bending<\/td>\n | Pure bending – introduction<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch04<\/td>\n | Pure bending<\/td>\n | Other bending situations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch04<\/td>\n | Pure bending<\/td>\n | Sign convention for bending momentum<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch04<\/td>\n | Pure bending<\/td>\n | Equilibrium equations for pure bending<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch04<\/td>\n | Pure bending<\/td>\n | Geometry and stress components in pure bending<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Ch04<\/td>\n | Pure bending<\/td>\n | Neutral surface and Strain in pure bending<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Course Information This is an undergraduate-level mechanical engineering course, which covers the basic engineering stress, strain, and related force and deformation analysis for simple mechanical loading. 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