2.002 | Spring 2004 | Undergraduate

Mechanics and Materials II

Course Description

This course provides Mechanical Engineering students with an awareness of various responses exhibited by solid engineering materials when subjected to mechanical and thermal loadings; an introduction to the physical mechanisms associated with design-limiting behavior of engineering materials, especially stiffness, …
This course provides Mechanical Engineering students with an awareness of various responses exhibited by solid engineering materials when subjected to mechanical and thermal loadings; an introduction to the physical mechanisms associated with design-limiting behavior of engineering materials, especially stiffness, strength, toughness, and durability; an understanding of basic mechanical properties of engineering materials, testing procedures used to quantify these properties, and ways in which these properties characterize material response; quantitative skills to deal with materials-limiting problems in engineering design; and a basis for materials selection in mechanical design.
Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets with Solutions
Exams with Solutions
Lecture Notes
An orthographic projection of a beam.
Tip-loaded cantilever beam, excerpted from lecture 2. (Image courtesy of David Parks.)