16.001 | Fall 2021 | Undergraduate

Unified Engineering: Materials and Structures

Course Description

This course presents fundamental principles and methods of materials and structures for aerospace engineering, and engineering analysis and design concepts applied to aerospace systems. The topics include statics; analysis of trusses; analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate systems; stress-strain behavior …
This course presents fundamental principles and methods of materials and structures for aerospace engineering, and engineering analysis and design concepts applied to aerospace systems. The topics include statics; analysis of trusses; analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate systems; stress-strain behavior of materials; analysis of beam bending, buckling, and torsion; and material and structural failure, including plasticity, fracture, fatigue, and their physical causes. Experiential lab and aerospace system projects provide additional aerospace context.
Learning Resource Types
Lecture Notes
Problem Sets with Solutions
Exams with Solutions
Labs
Online Textbook
Readings
3D contour plot
Structural analysis can verify structural integrity. (Image courtesy of Raúl Radovitzky)