Mechanics of Materials

Course Description

Conservation Principles of Continuum Mechanics

From the Course Catalog: Discussion of continuous media using a unified approach; conservation laws, fundamental concepts, and examples of their use: heat conduction, Newtonian fluids, linear elastic solids; axial bars, torsion, shear and moment diagrams, beam bending.
Prerequisites: ENGR 211; MATH 308 or registration therein.

Syllabus

Grading Policy

Exam I: 25%
Exam II: 25%
Final Exam: 30%
Homework: 20%
TOTAL: 100%

Textbook

Introduction to Aerospace Structural Analysis, D.H. Allen and W.E. Haisler, Wiley
ISBN: 978-0-471-88839-0 [isbndb.com]
Wiley's Book Site [wiley.com]

Class Notes

Printed class notes are available at the Copy Center in Wisenbaker Research Center.

Course Content

Note: This schedule is tentative and may be fine tuned during the semester.

Week	Topic
1	Review, yeilding, Tresca and Von Mises
2
3	Thermoelstic effects
4	Linear Viscoelsticity
5	Exam I, Buckling
6	Beam Theory
7	Beam Theory
8	Beam Theory
9	ExamII, Deflection of Beams
10	Composite Beams
11	Unsymmetic Beams, Shear Center
12	Shear Flow, Thanksgiving
13	Exam III
14	Review

Questions?

If you have any questions, the most effective way to contact me is via e-mail. Before going home at the end of the day, I'll try to answer all the questions. If not, first thing the next morning. Normally, I don't take questions over the phone. There are exceptional circumstances. In that case my phone number is 979-845-1667.

The homework is due at the beginning of the class. I will not accept late homework under any circumstances. To take care of unforeseen circumstances, I'll drop the worst two scores of the semester.

Welcome to Kathmandu

On special occasions throughout the course, we travel high into the mountains for a 'Kathmandu Moment.' From our elevated vantage, we may see the Broader Picture and understand where our derivations and algebra fit into the context of the real world. This site is the mountain top. From here, we see the scope of AERO 214 laid out before us, and we may appreciate our current study in terms of the material as a whole.