Engineering Mechanics I

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction and Galileo’s problem
2	Dimensional analysis and atomic explosion
3	Dimensional analysis and application to engineering structures
4	Newton’s laws of motion: the fall of the World Trade Center towers	Assignment 1 due
5	Stress vector and stress tensor
6	Continuum model: hydrostatics example
7	Continuum model: geostatics example	Assignment 2 due
8	Beam stress model
9	Beam model II and summary	Assignment 3 due
10	Strength models
11	Mohr stress plane and strength criteria
12	Soil mechanics example	Assignment 4 due
13	Beam section strength model (M/N interactions)
14	Strength of beam structures	Assignment 5 due
15	Review of stresses and strength
16	Deformation and strain tensor
	Quiz 1: dimensional analysis, stresses and strength
17	Strain tensor (cont.)
18	Mohr circle in strain space
19	Beam deformation	Assignment 6 due
20	Elasticity: energy approach
21	Continuum elasticity
22	Elasticity: properties	Assignment 7 due
23	Elasticity solving methods
24	Beam elasticity I
25	Beam elasticity II	Assignment 8 due
26	Beam elasticity III
27	Energy bounds: 1D system (minimum potential energy)	Assignment 9 due
28	Energy bounds: 1D system (minimum complementary energy)
	Quiz 2: elasticity and beam mechanics
29	1D energy methods: examples and applications
30	Generalization to 3D
31	Stress method for beam structures
32	Energy methods for beam structures, example	Assignment 10 due
33	How stuff fails: stability (Euler buckling)
34	Fracture mechanics I
35	Fracture mechanics II	Assignment 11 due
36	Plastic collapse
37	Last lecture: review and summary