The calendar below is an outline of how the laboratory experiments relate to topics covered in Solid Mechanics, 1.050.
Readings.
| WEEK # |
1.050 LECTURE TOPICS |
1.105 LABORATORY TOPICS |
| 1 |
Introduction |
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Static Equilibrium |
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Concept of Force |
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| 2 |
Concept of Moment |
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Internal Forces and Moments |
Experiment 1 - Pasta Uncertainty |
| 3 |
Truss Structures |
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Beams |
Experiment 2 - Cable Structures |
| 4 |
Shafts in Torsion |
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Concepts of Stress |
Experiment 3 - Uniaxial Tension |
| 5 |
Transformation Rules |
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Equilibrium |
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| 6 |
Indeterminate Systems |
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Simple Systems |
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| 7 |
Matrix Analysis Truss Structures |
Experiment 4 - Truss Structures |
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Special Methods |
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| 8 |
Concept of Strain |
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Strain/Displacement |
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Transformation Rules |
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| 9 |
Materials: Properties/Failure |
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Stress/Strain Relations |
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Failure Phenomena |
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| 10 |
Stresses/Deflections: Torsion |
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Stresses: Beams in Bending |
Experiment 5 - Concrete Failure |
| 11 |
Shear in Beams |
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Composite Beams |
Experiment 6 - Beam Bending |
| 12 |
Deflections due to Bending |
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| 13 |
Buckling of Beams |
Experiment 7 - Buckling |
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Matrix Analysis of Frames |
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| 14 |
Special Methods |
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