Daily Schedule - Sp24

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: 1/8-1/12 Week 2: 1/15-1/19
Week 3: 1/22-1/26 Week 4: 1/29-2/1
Week 5: 2/5-2/9 Week 6: 2/12-2/16
Week 7: 2/19-2/23 Week 8: 2/26-3/1
Week 9: 3/4-3/8 Week 10: 3/18-3/22
Week 11: 3/25-3/29 Week 12: 4/1-4/5
Week 13: 4/8-4/12 Week 14: 4/15-4/19
Week 15: 4/22-4/26

 

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

WEEK 1

Monday, January 8
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**
Daily summary: statics review
Supplementary video: Moment of a Force

Wednesday, January 10
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
Daily summary: normal stress and strain
Relevant youtube video: Poisson's ratio
Relevant youtube video: Understanding Young's Modulus

Friday, January 12
Shear stress and strain

Lecture book reading: Chapter 3
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, January 15
No class: University holiday

Wednesday, January 17
Stress: introduction to design

Lecture book reading: Chapter 4
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, January 19
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, January 22
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, January 24
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, January 26
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
Animations: indeterminate trusses
Daily summary: indeterminate trusses

 

WEEK 4

Monday, January 29
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 effects on railway tracks
Summary: Axially-loaded members
Daily summary: thermal effects

Wednesday, January 31
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
Daily summary: stresses in circular shafts
Supplementary video: Understanding Torsion

Friday, February 2
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, February 5
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

Wednesday,  February 7
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

Friday, February 9
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

 

WEEK 6

Monday, February 12
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
Explanation video: YouTube video on stresses in beams (very nicely done)
Daily summary: general stresses in beams

Wednesday, February 14
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
Daily summary: shear force/bending moment diagrams
Supplementary video: Understanding Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams

 

Friday, February 16
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)

 

WEEK 7

Monday, February 19
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
Daily summary: beam deflections (indeterminate) 1

Wednesday, February 21
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, February 23
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 8

Monday, February 26
Review: Exam 1

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

Wednesday, February 28
No class due to evening exam

Friday, March 1
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

 

WEEK 9

Monday, March 4
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

Wednesday, March 6
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 3

Friday, March 8
Shear force/bending moment diagrams (indeterminate)

Special problems to be supplied

March 11-15
Spring break 

 

WEEK 10

Monday, March 18
Shear force/bending moment diagrams (indeterminate)

Special problems to be supplied

Wednesday, March 20
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 1

Friday, March 22
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: finite element method 2

 

WEEK 11

Monday, March 25
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, March 27
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, March 29
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 12

Monday, April 1
Exam review 

Wednesday, April 3
No class due to evening exam

Friday, April 5
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
Daily summary: stress transformations 3

 

WEEK 13

Monday, April 8
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

Wednesday, April 10
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**

Friday, April 12
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

 

WEEK 14

Monday, April 15
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

Wednesday, April 17
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, April 19
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 15

Monday, April 22
Practice with combined loadings and failure analysis

Special problems to be supplied

Wednesday, April 24
Practice with combined loadings and failure analysis

Special problems to be supplied

Friday, April 26
Course review