Syllabus: ME323 Fall 2025
Lecture 01 – Class Overview & Review of static equilibrium
. Solution videos: Example 1.1; Example 1.2; Example 1.3;
. Example 1.4; Example 1.5; Example 1.6;
. Example 1.7
Lecture 02 – Normal stress and strain
. Animations and demos: Poisson’s ratio
. Solution videos: Example 2.1 ; Example 2.2
. Example 2.3 ; Example 2.4
. Example 2.5 ; Example 2.7
Lecture 03 – Shear stress and strain
. Animations and demos: Strains in rods
. Solution videos: Example 3.1; Example 3.2; Example 3.3
. Example 3.4; Example 3.5; Example 3.6
. Example 4.2; Example 4.3; Example 4.4
. Example 4.5
Lecture 04 – Design of deformable bodies
Lecture 05 – General definitions of stress and strain
. Animations and demos: Linear superposition of strains
. Animations and demos: Poisson’s ratio
. Solution videos: Example 5.1; Example 5.2; Example 5.3
. Example 5.4; Example 5.5; Example 5.6
. Example 5.7; Example 5.8; Example 5.9
Lecture 06 – Axial deformation
Lecture 07 – Axial deformation (cont.)
Lecture 08 – Axial deformation (cont.)
Lecture 09 – Axial deformation (cont.)
. Solution videos: Example 6.1; Example 6.2; Example 6.3
. Example 6.4; Example 6.5; Example 6.6
. Example 6.7; Example 6.8; Example 6.9
. Example 6.10; Example 6.11;
. Example 6.12
. Animations and demos: Indeterminate rods
. Animations and demos: Thermal strains and stresses
. Animations and demos: Indeterminate trusses
. Solution videos: Example 7.1; Example 7.2; Example 7.3
. Example 7.4; Example 7.5; Example 7.6
. Example 7.7
Lecture 10 – Torsion
Lecture 11 – Torsion (cont.)
Lecture 13 – Torsion (cont.)
. Animations and demos: Torsion in circular shafts
. Solution videos: Example 8.1; Example 8.2; Example 8.3
. Example 8.5; Example 8.6; Example 8.7
. Example 8.8; Example 8.9
Lecture 12 – Review session
Exam #1
. Conceptual examples: Chapters 1 through 5
. Chapter 6
. Chapters 7 through 9
Lecture 14 – Equilibrium of beams
Lecture 15– Strain and stress in beams
. Solution videos: Example 10.1; Example 10.2
. Example 10.3; Example 10.4
. Example 10.5; Example 10.6
. Example 10.7; Example 10.8
. Example 10.9; Example 10.10
. Example 10.11; Example 10.12
. Example 10.14; Example 10.15
Lecture 16 – Shear stress in beams
. Animations and demos: Shear stress in beams
Lecture 17 – Equilibrium of beams (cont.)
. Solution videos: Example 9.1; Example 9.2; Example 9.3
. Example 9.4; Example 9.5; Example 9.6
. Example 9.7; Example 9.8; Example 9.9
. Example 9.11; Example 9.12
. Example 9.13; Example 9.14
. Example 9.15
Lecture 18 – Deflection of beams
Lecture 19 – Deflection of beams (cont.)
Lecture 20 – Deflection of beams (cont.)
. Solution videos: Example 11.2; Example 11.3
. Example 11.4; Example 11.5
. Example 11.6; Example 11.7
. Example 11.8; Example 11.9
. Example 11.10; Example 11.11
. Example 11.17; Example 11.18
. Example 11.20; Example 11.22
. Example 11.23
. Example 19.3; Example 19.4
. Example 19.6; Example 19.7
. Example 19.8; Example 19.9.
. Animations and demos:
. Beam deflections & boundary conditions
Lecture 21 – Energy methods
Lecture 22 – Energy methods (cont.)
Lecture 23 – Energy methods (cont.)
Lecture 24 – Energy methods (cont.)
. Solution videos: Example 16.1, Example 16.2
. Example 16.3, Example 16.5
. Example 16.8a, Example 16.8a
. Example 16.8b, Example 16.8c
. Example 16.8d, Example 16.9
. Example 16.10
Lecture 25 – Equilibrium of indeterminate beams
Lecture 26 – Equilibrium of indeterminate beams (cont.)
Lecture 27 – Introduction to finite element methods
Lecture 29 – Introduction to finite element methods (cont.)
. FEM code: #1, #2,#3, #4,#5, #6,
. Additional notes: link
Animations and demos: Building the stiffness matrix
Lecture 30 – Thin wall pressure vessels
. Solution videos: Example 12.1; Example 12.2
. Example 12.3; Example 12.4
Lecture 28 – Review session
Exam #2
. Conceptual examples: Chapters 7 through 9
. Chapter 10
. Chapter 11
. Chapters 12 through 19
Lecture 31 – Transformation of stress
Lecture 32 – Principal stresses. Maximum shear stress. Mohr’s circle
. Animations and demos:
. Becoming familiar with Mohr’s circle
. Some Mohr’s circle examples
Lecture 33 – Mohr’s circle. Absolute maximum shear stress
. Solution videos: Example 13.2; Example 13.3
. Example 13.4; Example 13.5
. Example 13.6; Example 13.7
. Example 13.8; Example 13.9
. Example 13.10; Example 13.11
. Example 13.12
Lecture 34 – Stress due to combined load
Lecture 35 – Stress due to combined load (cont.)
Lecture 36 – Stress due to combined load (cont.)
. Solution videos: Example 14.1; Example 14.2
. Example 14.3; Example 14.4
. Example 14.5; Example 14.6
. Example 14.7; Example 14.8
. Example 14.9; Example 14.11
. Example 14.12
. Animations and demos:
. Stress element
. Superposition of stress components
Lecture 37 – Failure theory
Lecture 38 – Failure theory (cont.)
. Solution videos: Example 15.1, Example 15.2
. Example 15.3, Example 15.5
. Example 15.6, Example 15.7
. Animations and demos:
. Failure boundaries and Mohr’s circle
Lecture 39 – Buckling of columns
. Solution videos: Example 18.1, Example 18.2
. Example 18.3, Example 18.4
. Example 18.5.
. Animations and demos: Simple buckling model
Lecture 40 – Stress and failure analysis
Lecture 41 – Stress and failure analysis (cont.)
Lecture 42 – Stress and failure analysis (cont.)
Final Exam
. Conceptual examples: Chapters 1 through 5
. Chapter 6
. Chapter 10
. Chapter 11
. Chapters 12 through 19