Daily Schedule – Su 2023

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 ( )**. The conceptual questions listed below are also found on the Lecturebook examples page.

Week 1: 6/12-6/16 Week 2: 6/19-6/23
Week 3: 6/26-6/30 Week 4: 7/3-7/7
Week 5: 7/10-7/14 Week 6: 7/17-7/21
Week 7: 7/24-7/28 Week 8: 7/31-8/1

 

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

WEEK 1

Monday, June 12
Introduction: Static equilibrium and stress

Lecture book reading: Chapter 1
Special handout for class: please download
Lecture video: June 12
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**
Daily summary: statics review

Tuesday, June 13
Normal stress and strain: material properties

Lecture book reading: Chapter 2
Lecture video: June 13
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
Daily summary: normal stress and strain
Relevant youtube video: Poisson’s ratio
Relevant youtube video: Understanding Young’s Modulus

Wednesday, June 14
Shear stress and strain

Lecture book reading: Chapter 3
Lecture video: June 14 – part 1
Lecture video: June 14 – part 2
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

Thursday, June 15
Stress: introduction to design

Lecture book reading: Chapter 4
Lecture video: June 15
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**
Daily summary: failure analysis
Relevant youtube video: Stress and strain

Friday, June 16
Stress and strain: general definitions

Lecture book reading: Chapter 5
Lecture video: June 16
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 2

Monday, June 19
Axial deformations: determinate structures

Lecture book reading: Chapter 6
Lecture video: June 19
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

Tuesday, June 20
Axial deformations: indeterminate structures

Lecture book reading: Chapter 6
Lecture video: June 20
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

Wednesday, June 21
Planar trusses: indeterminate structures

Lecture book reading: Chapter 6
Lecture video: June 21
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
Animations: indeterminate trusses
Daily summary: indeterminate trusses

Thursday, June 22
Axial deformations: thermal effects

Lecture book reading: Chapter 7
Lecture video: June 22 (part1)
Lecture video: June 22 (part2)
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
Daily summary: thermal effects

Friday, June 23
Torsion members: stresses in circular shafts

Lecture book reading: Chapter 8
Lecture video: June 23
Lecture book video: Example 8.1
Lecture book video: Example 8.2**
Conceptual questions: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Daily summary: stresses in circular shafts
Supplementary video: Understanding Torsion

WEEK 3

Monday, June 26
Torsion members: determinate

Lecture book reading: Chapter 8
Lecture video: June 26 (The quiz assigned in today’s lecture is due on TUESDAY midnight, not Friday.)
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

Tuesday, June 27
Torsion members: indeterminate

Lecture book reading: Chapter 8
Lecture video: June 27
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

Wednesday, June 28
Beams: shear force/bending moment diagrams (determinate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 9
Lecture video: June 28
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
Daily summary: shear force/bending moment diagrams

Thursday,  June 29
Beams: flexural stresses

Lecture book reading: Chapter 10
Lecture video: June 29
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

Friday, June 30
Beams: shear stresses

Lecture book reading: Chapter 10
Lecture video: June 30
Lecture book video: Example 10.5
Lecture book video: Example 10.6
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 (very nicely done)
Daily summary: shear stresses in beams
Daily summary: general stresses in beams

 

WEEK 4

Monday, July 3
No class due to midterm exam

Tuesday, July 4
No class due to University holiday

Wednesday, July 5
Beams: deflections using integration (determinate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 11
Lecture video: July 5
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)

Thursday, July 6
Beams: deflections using integration (indeterminate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 11
Lecture video: July 6
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
Daily summary: beam deflections (indeterminate)

Friday, July 7
Beams: deflections using superposition (indeterminate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 11
Lecture video: July 7
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**
Daily summary: superposition (determinate)
Daily summary: superposition (indeterminate) 

 

WEEK 5

Monday, July 10
Energy methods: Castigliano’s method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 16
Lecture video: July 10
Lecture book video: Example 16.1
Lecture book video: Example 16.2
Lecture book video: Example 16.3
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 1

Tuesday, July 11
Energy methods: Castigliano’s method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 16
Lecture video: July 11
Lecture book video: Example 16.8A
Lecture book video: Example 16.8B
Lecture book video: Example 16.8A
Lecture book video: Example 16.8B
Lecture book video: Example 16.9
Lecture book video: Example 16.10**
Daily summary: Castigliano 2

Wednesday, July 12
Energy methods: finite element method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 17
Lecture video: July 12
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 1

Thursday, July 13
Energy methods: finite element method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 17
Lecture video: July 13
Lecture book video: Example 17.3 
Lecture book video: Example 17.4 (in book)
Daily summary: finite element method 2

Friday, July 14
Stress analysis: thin-walled pressure vessels

Lecture book reading: Chapter 12
Lecture video: July 14
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

 

WEEK 6

Monday, July 17
Stress transformations: principal/maximum shear stresses

Lecture book reading: Chapter 13
Lecture video: July 17
Lecture book video: Example 13.1
Lecture book video: Example 13.2
Lecture book video: Example 13.3
Daily summary: stress transformations 1

Tuesday, July 18
Stress transformations: Mohr’s circle

Lecture book reading: Chapter 13
Lecture video: July 18
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

Wednesday, July 19
Stress transformations: absolute maximum shear stress

Lecture book reading: Chapter 13
Lecture video: July 19
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
Daily summary: stress transformations 3

Thursday, July 20
Stresses: combined loadings

Lecture book reading: Chapter 14
Lecture Video: July 20
Lecture book video: Example 14.1**
Lecture book video: Example 14.2
Lecture book video: Example 14.3**
Lecture book video: Example 14.4
Lecture book video: Example 14.5
Conceptual questions: 14.1
Animation: stresses due to combined loadings

Friday, July 21
Stresses: combined loadings

Lecture book reading: Chapter 14
Lecture video: July 21
Lecture book video: Example 14.6
Lecture book video: Example 14.7**
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

 

WEEK 7

Monday, July 24
No class due to midterm exam

Tuesday, July 25
Failure analysis: stress theories

Lecture book reading: Chapter 15
Lecture video: July 25
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

Wednesday, July 26
Failure analysis: stress theories

Lecture book reading: Chapter 15
Lecture video: July 26
Lecture book video: Example 15.6
Lecture book video: Example 15.7
Animation: relating principal stress components to Mohr’s circle

Thursday, July 27
Failure analysis: Buckling of columns

Lecture book reading: Chapter 18
Lecture video: July 27
Lecture book video: Example 18.1
Lecture book video: Example 18.2
Lecture book video: Example 18.3**
Conceptual questions: 18.3, 18.4, 18.5
Animation: simple buckling model

Friday, July 28
Failure analysis: Buckling of columns

Lecture book reading: Chapter 18
Lecture video: July 28 – Part 1
Lecture video: July 28 – Part 2
Lecture book video: Example 18.4
Lecture book video: Example 18.5**
Lecture book video:Example 18.6
Conceptual questions: 18.6, 18.7, 18.8

 

 

WEEK 8

Monday, July 31
Course summary problems – 1

Lecture handout (please download and print)
Lecture video: July 31

Tuesday, August 1
Course summary problems – 2

Lecture handout – filled in (please download and print)
Lecture video: August 1