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

Week 1: 6/16-6/20 Week 2: 6/23-6/27
Week 3: 6/30-7/4 Week 4: 7/7-7/11
Week 5: 7/14-7/18 Week 6: 7/21-7/25
Week 7: 7/28-8/1 Week 8: 8/4-8/5

 

QUICK LINKS
Animations and demos
Course syllabus/schedule
Tutorial room hours (7:00-8:00PM, T-F)
CMK office hours (10-11AM, M-Th)
Homework/Discussion
Lecture book examples

WEEK 1

Monday, June 16
Introduction: Static equilibrium and stress

Lecture book reading: Chapter 1
Special first-day slides – please download
Lecture book pages: 1st day only
Lecture video: June 16
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 17
Normal stress and strain: material properties

Lecture book reading: Chapter 2
Lecture video: June 17
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

Wednesday, June 18
Shear stress and strain

Lecture book reading: Chapter 3
Lecture video – June 18
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

Thursday, June 19
Stress: introduction to design

Lecture book reading: Chapter 4
Lecture video – June 19
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, June 20
Stress and strain: general definitions

Lecture book reading: Chapter 5
Lecture video – June 20: Part 1 (41 minutes)
Lecture video – June 20: Part 2 (21 minutes)
Quiz01 – Problem statements
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 23
Axial deformations: determinate structures

Lecture book reading: Chapter 6
Lecture video – June 23
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 24
Axial deformations: indeterminate structures

Lecture book reading: Chapter 6
Lecture video – June 24
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 25
Planar trusses: indeterminate structures

Lecture book reading: Chapter 6
Lecture video – June 25
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 26
Axial deformations: thermal effects

Lecture book reading: Chapter 7
Lecture video – June 26
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
Daily summary: thermal effects

Friday, June 27
Torsion members: stresses in circular shafts

Lecture book reading: Chapter 8
Lecture video – June 27
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

WEEK 3

Monday, June 30
Torsion members: determinate

Lecture book reading: Chapter 8
Lecture video – June 30: Part 1
Lecture video – June 30: Part 2
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, July 1
Torsion members: indeterminate

Lecture book reading: Chapter 8
Lecture video – July 1
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, July 2
Beams: shear force/bending moment diagrams (determinate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 9
Lecture video – July 2
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
Background summary: Where we’ve been
Supplementary video: Understanding Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams
Daily summary: shear force/bending moment diagrams

Thursday,  July 3
Beams: flexural stresses

Lecture book reading: Chapter 10
Lecture video – July 3
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, July 4
No class: University holiday

 

WEEK 4

Monday, July 7
Beams: shear stresses

Lecture book reading: Chapter 10
Lecture video – July 7
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 (by “The  Efficient Engineer”)
Daily summary: shear stresses in beams
Daily summary: general stresses in beams

Tuesday, July 8
Beams: deflections using integration (determinate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 11
Lecture video – July 8
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)

Wednesday, July 9
Beams: deflections using integration (indeterminate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 11
Lecture video – July 9
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)

Thursday, July 10
Beams: deflections using superposition (indeterminate)

Lecture book reading: Chapter 11
Lecture video – July 10
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) 

Friday, July 11
Midterm exam

WEEK 5

Monday, July 14
Energy methods: Castigliano’s method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 16
Lecture video – July 14
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 15
Energy methods: Castigliano’s method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 16
Lecture video – July 15
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 16
Energy methods: Castigliano’s method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 16
Lecture video – July 16
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 3

Thursday, July 17
Energy methods: finite element method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 17
Lecture video – July 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

Friday, July 18
Energy methods: finite element method

Lecture book reading: Chapter 17
Lecture video – July 18
Lecture book video: Example 17.3 
Lecture book video: Example 17.4 (in book)
Daily summary: finite element method 2

 

WEEK 6

Monday, July 21
Stress analysis: thin-walled pressure vessels

Lecture book reading: Chapter 12
Lecture video – July 21
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

Tuesday, July 22
Stress transformations: principal/maximum shear stresses

Lecture book reading: Chapter 13
Lecture video – July 22
Lecture book video: Example 13.1
Lecture book video: Example 13.2
Lecture book video: Example 13.3
Daily summary: stress transformations 1

Wednesday, July 23
Stress transformations: Mohr’s circle

Lecture book reading: Chapter 13
Lecture video – July 23
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

Thursday, July 24
Stress transformations: absolute maximum shear stress

Lecture book reading: Chapter 13
Lecture video – July 24
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
Daily summary: stress transformations 3

Friday, July 25
Stresses: combined loadings

Lecture book reading: Chapter 14
Lecture Video – July 25
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
Summary: combined states of stress

WEEK 7

Monday, July 28
Stresses: combined loadings

Lecture book reading: Chapter 14
Lecture video – July 28: Part 1
Lecture video – July 28: Part 2
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
Summary: combined states of stress

Tuesday, July 29
Failure analysis: stress theories

Lecture book reading: Chapter 15
Lecture video – July 29
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
Daily summary: failure stress theories

Wednesday, July 30
Failure analysis: stress theories

Lecture book reading: Chapter 15
Lecture video – July 30
Lecture book video: Example 15.6
Lecture book video: Example 15.7
Animation: relating principal stress components to Mohr’s circle
Daily summary: failure stress theories

Thursday, July 31
Failure analysis: Buckling of columns

Lecture book reading: Chapter 18
Lecture video – July 31
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
Daily summary: column buckling

Friday, August 1
Failure analysis: Buckling of columns

Lecture book reading: Chapter 18
Lecture video – NONE (no lecture today)
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
Daily summary: column buckling

 

 

WEEK 8

Monday, August 4
Course summary problems

Lecture handout #2 (please download before class and print)
Lecture handout #3 (please download before class and print)
Lecture video – August 4
Explanatory video: Bridge structures explained

Tuesday, August 5
Course review – final exam discussion

Lecture video – final exam review session