Daily Schedule – Fa 25

ME 323: Mechanics of Materials

This page is set up to provide you with links to course material that is directly related to each class period. Please use this as a guideline for your daily work in the course.

Please note that most of the lecture book examples are found in the lecture book; however, to reduce the length of the lecture book, some of the examples have been moved from the lecture book to the Lecturebook examples page on this website. These examples are indicated by ( )** on this page. The conceptual questions listed below are also found on the Lecturebook examples page.

Week 1: 8/25-8/29 Week 2: 9/1-9/5
Week 3: 9/8-9/12 Week 4: 9/15-9/19
Week 5: 9/22-9.26 Week 6: 9/29-10/3
Week 7: 10/6-10/10 Week 8: 10/13-10/17
Week 9: 10/20/10/24 Week 10: 27-10/31
Week 11: 11/3-11/7 Week 12: 11/10-11/14
Week 13: 11/17-11/21 Week 14: 11/24-11/28
Week 15: 12/1-12/5 Week 16: 12/8-12/12

 

QUICK LINKS
Animations and demos
Course information
General discussion
Homework/Discussion
Lecture book examples
Tutorial room schedule

WEEK 1

Monday, August 25
Introduction: Static equilibrium and stress

Lecture book reading: Chapter 1
Lecture book video: Example 1.1
Lecture book video: Example 1.2
Lecture book video: Example 1.3
Lecture book video: Example 1.4**
Lecture book video: Example 1.5
Lecture book video: Example 1.6
Lecture book video: Example 1.7**
Lecture book video: Example 1.8**
Supplementary video: Moment of a Force
Daily summary: statics review

Wednesday, August 27
Normal stress and strain: material properties

Lecture book reading: Chapter 2
Lecture book video: Example 2.1**
Lecture book video: Example 2.2**
Lecture book video: Example 2.3**
Lecture book video: Example 2.4
Lecture book video: Example 2.5**
Lecture book video: Example 2.6 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 2.7
Lecture book video: Example 2.8**
Lecture book video: Example 2.9**
Conceptual questions: 2.1, 2.2
Animations and demos: Poisson’s ratio
Relevant youtube video: Poisson’s ratio
Relevant youtube video: Understanding Young’s Modulus
Daily summary: normal stress and strain

Friday, August 29
Shear stress and strain

Lecture book reading: Chapter 3
Lecture results: tensile testing of steel specimen
Lecture book video: Example 3.1
Lecture book video: Example 3.2
Lecture book video: Example 3.3
Lecture book video: Example 3.4**
Lecture book video: Example 3.5
Lecture book video: Example 3.6
Lecture book video: Example 3.7**
Lecture book conceptual questions: 3.1
Animations and demos: strains in rods
Daily summary: shear stress and strain

 

WEEK 2

Monday, September 1
No class: University holiday

Wednesday, September 3
Stress: introduction to design

Lecture book reading: Chapter 4
Notes: choosing a factor of safety
Lecture book video: Example 4.1
Lecture book video: Example 4.2
Lecture book video: Example 4.3
Lecture book video: Example 4.4**
Lecture book video: Example 4.5
Lecture book video: Example 4.6**
Relevant youtube video: Stress and strain
Daily summary: failure analysis

Friday, September 5
Stress and strain: general definitions

Lecture book reading: Chapter 5
Lecture book video: Example 5.1**
Lecture book video: Example 5.2**
Lecture book video: Example 5.3
Lecture book video: Example 5.4
Lecture book video: Example 5.5**
Lecture book video: Example 5.6
Lecture book video: Example 5.7**
Lecture book video: Example 5.8
Lecture book video: Example 5.9
Lecture book video: Example 5.10**
Conceptual questions: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Animations: linear superposition of strains
Daily summary: 3D stress and strain

 

WEEK 3

Monday, September 8
Axial deformations: determinate structures

Lecture book reading: Chapter 6
Lecture book video: Example 6.1
Lecture book video: Example 6.2**
Lecture book video: Example 6.3
Lecture book video: Example 6.4
Lecture book video: Example 6.5**
Lecture book video: Example 6.6
Conceptual questions: 6.1, 6.10, 6.16, 6.18
Daily summary: axial deformation – determinate

Wednesday, September 10
Axial deformations: indeterminate structures

Lecture book reading: Chapter 6
Lecture book video: Example 6.7
Lecture book video: Example 6.8
Lecture book video: Example 6.9**
Lecture book video: Example 6.13**
Lecture book video: Example 6.14**
Conceptual questions: 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.9, 6.14, 6.19
Animations: indeterminate rods
Summary: Axially-loaded members
Daily summary: axial deformation – indeterminate

Friday, September 12
Planar trusses: indeterminate structures

Lecture book reading: Chapter 6
Lecture book video: Example 6.10
Lecture book video: Example 6.11
Lecture book video: Example 6.12
Lecture book video: Example 6.15**
Conceptual questions: 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.15, 6.17
Visualization: Displacements vs. elongations
Animations: indeterminate trusses
Daily summary: indeterminate trusses

 

WEEK 4

Monday, September 15
Axial deformations: thermal effects

Lecture book reading: Chapter 7
Lecture book video: Example 7.1
Lecture book video: Example 7.2
Lecture book video: Example 7.3
Lecture book video: Example 7.4**
Lecture book video: Example 7.5
Lecture book video: Example 7.6
Lecture book video: Example 7.7**
Conceptual questions: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Animations: thermal strains
Supplementary video: Thermal expansion in railway tracks
Summary: Axially-loaded members
Daily summary: thermal effects

Wednesday, September 17
Torsion members: stresses in circular shafts

Lecture book reading: Chapter 8
Lecture book video: Example 8.1
Lecture book video: Example 8.2**
Conceptual questions: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Supplementary video: Understanding Torsion
Daily summary: stresses in circular shafts

Friday, September 19
Torsion members: determinate

Lecture book reading: Chapter 8
Lecture book video: Example 8.3
Lecture book video: Example 8.4 (in book)
Animations: angle of twist in circular shaft
Daily summary: determinate shafts

 

WEEK 5

Monday, September 22
Review: Exam 1

Summary notes:  axial members (summarizing Chapters 6-8)

Wednesday, September 24
No class due to evening exam

 

Friday, September 26
Torsion members: indeterminate

Lecture book reading: Chapter 8
Special notes – Elongation of shafts under torque loads
Lecture book video: Example 8.5
Lecture book video: Example 8.6
Lecture book video: Example 8.7
Lecture book video: Example 8.8**
Daily summary: indeterminate shafts

 

WEEK 6

Monday,  September 29
Beams: flexural stresses

Lecture book reading: Chapter 10
Lecture book video: Example 10.1
Lecture book video: Example 10.2
Lecture book video: Example 10.3**
Lecture book video: Example 10.4
Daily summary: flexural stresses in beams

Wednesday, October 1
Beams: flexural  and shear stresses

Lecture book reading: Chapter 10
Lecture book video: Example 10.5
Lecture book video: Example 10.6
Daily summary: shear stresses in beams

 

Friday, October 3
Beams: shear stresses

Lecture book reading: Chapter 10
Lecture book video: Example 10.7
Lecture book video: Example 10.8**
Lecture book video: Example 10.9**
Lecture book video: Example 10.10
Lecture book video: Example 10.11
Lecture book video: Example 10.12**
Lecture book video: Example 10.13 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 10.14**
Lecture book video: Example 10.15**
Conceptual questions: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12
Animation: shear stress in beams
Demonstration video: generating shear stress in beams
Explanation video: stresses in beams (by “The  Efficient Engineer”)
Daily summary: shear stresses in beams
Daily summary: general stresses in beams

 

WEEK 7

Monday, October 6
Beams: shear force/bending moment diagrams (determinate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 9
Lecture book video: Example 9.1**
Lecture book video: Example 9.2
Lecture book video: Example 9.3
Lecture book video: Example 9.4
Lecture book video: Example 9.5**
Lecture book video: Example 9.6
Supplementary video: Understanding Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams
Daily summary: shear force/bending moment diagrams

 

Wednesday, October 8
Beams: deflections using integration (determinate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 11
Lecture book video: Example 11.1 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 11.2
Lecture book video: Example 11.3
Lecture book video: Example 11.4
Lecture book video: Example 11.5
Lecture book video: Example 11.6
Lecture book video: Example 11.7
Animation: beam deflections and BCs
Conceptual questions: 11.1, 11.3, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 
Daily summary: beam deflections (determinate)

Friday, October 10
Beams: deflections using integration (indeterminate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 11
Lecture book video: Example 11.8 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 11.9 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 11.10
Lecture book video: Example 11.11
Conceptual questions: 11.2, 11.4
General topic summary: stresses and deformations
Daily summary: beam deflections (indeterminate)

 

WEEK 8

Monday, October 13
No class: University holiday

Wednesday, October 15
Beams: deflections using superposition 

Lecture book reading: Chapter 11
Lecture book video: Example 11.17
Lecture book video: Example 11.18**
Lecture book video: Example 11.19 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 11.20
Lecture book video: Example 11.21 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 11.22**
Handout: Superposition tables (also in Appendix A2 of book)
Daily summary: superposition (determinate)
Daily summary: superposition (indeterminate) 

Friday, October 17
Energy methods: Castigliano’s method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 16
Lecture book video: Example 16.1
Lecture book video: Example 16.2
Lecture book video: Example 16.3
Daily summary: Castigliano 1

 

WEEK 9

Monday, October 20
Energy methods: Castigliano’s method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 16
Lecture book video: Example 16.4 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 16.5
Lecture book video: Example 16.6 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 16.7 (in book)
Daily summary: Castigliano 2

Wednesday, October 22
Energy methods: Castigliano’s method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 16
Lecture book video: Example 16.8A
Lecture book video: Example 16.8B
Lecture book video: Example 16.8C
Lecture book video: Example 16.8D
Daily summary: Castigliano 3
Process summary: Castigliano’s method

Friday, October 24
Energy methods: Castigliano’s method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 16
Lecture book video: Example 16.9
Lecture book video: Example 16.10**
Daily summary: Castigliano 4
Process summary: Castigliano’s method

 

WEEK 10

Monday, October 27
Shear force/bending moment diagrams (indeterminate)

Special problems to be supplied
Example 1
Example 2

Wednesday, October 29
Shear force/bending moment diagrams (indeterminate)

Special problems to be supplied

Friday, October 31
Energy methods: finite element method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 17
Lecture book video: Example 17.1 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 17.2 (in book)
Animation: building FE stiffness matrix and forcing vector
Daily summary: finite element method

 

WEEK 11

 

Monday, November 3
Exam review 

Wednesday, November 5
No class due to evening exam

Monday, November 7
Energy methods: finite element method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 17
Lecture book video: Example 17.3 
Lecture book video: Example 17.4 (in book)
Daily summary: building a finite element model

 

WEEK 12

Monday, November 10
Stress analysis: thin-walled pressure vessels

Lecture book reading: Chapter 12
Lecture book video: Example 12.1
Lecture book video: Example 12.2
Lecture book video: Example 12.3**
Lecture book video: Example 12.4
Conceptual questions: 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4
Daily summary: thin-walled pressure vessels 1
Daily summary: thin-walled pressure vessels 2

Wednesday, November 12
Stress transformations: principal/maximum shear stresses

Lecture book reading: Chapter 13
Lecture book video: Example 13.1
Lecture book video: Example 13.2
Lecture book video: Example 13.3
Daily summary: stress transformations 1

Friday, November 14
Stress transformations: Mohr’s circle

Lecture book reading: Chapter 13
Lecture book video: Example 13.4
Lecture book video: Example 13.5
Conceptual questions: 13.1, 13.2, 13.6, 13.7
Supplementary Video: Understanding Stress Transformation
Animation: the Mohr Explainer
Animation: becoming familiar with Mohr’s circles
Animation: Some Mohr’s circle examples
Interactive exercises: Mohr’s circle game, Part 1
Interactive exercises: Mohr’s circle game, Part 2
Daily summary: stress transformations 2

 

WEEK 13

Monday, November 17
Stress transformations: absolute maximum shear stress

Lecture book reading: Chapter 13
Lecture book video: Example 13.6
Lecture book video: Example 13.7
Lecture book video: Example 13.8
Lecture book video: Example 13.9
Lecture book video: Example 13.10**
Lecture book video: Example 13.11**
Lecture book video: Example 13.12**
Conceptual questions: 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.9
Animation: Using Mohr’s circle
MecMovies:  Mohr’s circle game
Daily summary: stress transformations 3

Wednesday, November 19
Stresses: combined loadings

Lecture book reading: Chapter 14
Lecture book video: Example 14.1**
Lecture book video: Example 14.2
Lecture book video: Example 14.3**
Lecture book video: Example 14.4
Conceptual questions: 14.1
Animation: stresses due to combined loadings

Friday, November 21
Stresses: combined loadings

Lecture book reading: Chapter 14
Lecture book video: Example 14.5
Lecture book video: Example 14.6
Lecture book video: Example 14.7**
Daily summary: combined states of stress

 

WEEK 14

Monday, November 24
Stresses: combined loadings

Lecture book reading: Chapter 14
Lecture book video: Example 14.8**
Lecture book video: Example 14.10 (in book)
Lecture book video: Example 14.11
Lecture book video: Example 14.12
Daily summary: combined states of stress

Wednesday, November 26
No class: University holiday

Friday, November 28
No class: University holiday

 

WEEK 15

Monday, December 1
Failure analysis: stress theories

Lecture book reading: Chapter 15
Lecture book video: Example 15.1
Lecture book video: Example 15.2
Lecture book video: Example 15.3**
Lecture book video: Example 15.4
Lecture book video: Example 15.5**
Conceptual questions: 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
Download: Mohr’s circle review questions
Summary: stress failure theories

Wednesday, December 3
Failure analysis: stress theories

Lecture book reading: Chapter 15
Lecture book video: Example 15.6
Lecture book video: Example 15.7
Animation: relating principal stress components to Mohr’s circle
Summary: stress failure theories

Friday , December 5
Failure analysis: Buckling of columns

Lecture book reading: Chapter 18
Lecture book video: Example 18.1
Lecture book video: Example 18.2
Lecture book video: Example 18.3**
Lecture book video: Example 18.4
Lecture book video: Example 18.5**
Conceptual questions: 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 18.6, 18.7, 18.8
Animation: simple buckling model
Daily summary: column buckling

 

WEEK 16

Monday, December 8
Practice with combined loadings and failure analysis

Explanatory video: Bridge structures explained
Special problems to be supplied

Wednesday, December 10
Practice with combined loadings and failure analysis

Special problems to be supplied

Friday, December 12
Course review