TAM 251: Introductory Solid Mechanics

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TAM 251 Course Organization:

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Due dates and testing periods for assessments and evaluations can be found on the schedule page

Unit

Topics

Assessments

Evaluations

1: Stress, Strain
  • Equilibrium and Stress
  • Normal and Shear Stresses
  • Allowable Stress Design
  • Strain

Homework 1 and 2

Quiz 1

2: Material Properties, and Axial Loading
  • Stress-Strain Diagram
  • Deformations under Axial Loading
  • Statically Indeterminate Structures
  • Temperature Effects
  • Misfit Problems

Homework 3 and 4

Quiz 2

3: Torsion
  • Torsion
  • Torque-Displacement Relation
  • Indeterminate Shafts

Homework 5 and 6

Quiz 3

4: Beams in Bending
  • SF and BM Diagrams
  • Beams in Bending - Normal Stress
  • Composite Beams

Homework 7

Quiz 4

5: Transverse Shear Stress
  • Transverse Shear
  • Shear Flow

Homework 8

Quiz 4

6: Combined Loading
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Combined Loading

Homework 9

Quiz 5

6: Stress Transformation
  • Stress Transformation
  • Theories of Failure

Homework 10 and 11

Quiz 6

7: Deformation in beams
  • Deflection in Beams - Integration Methods
  • Deflection in Beams - Superposition Methods
  • Buckling

Homework 12 and 13

Final exam