The reading and assignment numbers found in the calendar refer to the textbook for the course.
| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS | ASSIGNMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Subject, Tensile Strength and Stiffness | 1.1 - 1.3 | 1.2, 1.7 |
| 2 | Strain Energy Basis of Elasticity, Thermal Strain | 1.4.1 | 1.12, 1.13 |
| 3 | Entropy-controlled Elasticity | 1.4.2 | 1.23, 1.25 |
| 4 | Introduction to Viscoelasticity | 1.5 | 1.34, 1.35 |
| 5 | Composite Materials | 1.6 | 1.41, 1.43 |
| 6 | Stress-strain Curves, Compression | 1.7 - 1.8 | 1.45, 1.46, 1.47. 1.48 |
| 7 | Forces in Trusses | 2.1.1 | 2.7 (e, f) |
| 8 | Truss Deflections and Castigliano’s Method | 2.1.2 | 2.8 (d), 2.9 (f) |
| 9 | Matrix Analysis of Trusses | 2.1.3 | 2.10 (e), 2.12 (a) |
| 10 | Pressure Vessel Stresses and Deformations | 2.2.1, 2.2.2 | 2.15, 2.20 |
| 11 | Application of Viscoelasticity Theory to Pressure Vessels - Convolution Integral Method | 2.2.3 | 2.22 |
| 12 | Shearing Stress and Strain, Torsion of Circular Shafts | 2.3, 2.4.1, 2.4.2 | 2.29, 2.30 |
| 13 | QUIZ 1 | ||
| 14 | Torsional Displacements | 2.4.3, 2.4.4 | 2.32, 2.33 |
| 15 | The Kinematic Equations (Strain-Displacement Relations) | 3.1 | 3.3, 3.6 |
| 16 | The Equilibrium Equations | 3.2 | 3.9 (1st relation) |
| 17 | Tensor Transformations, Mohr’s Circle | 3.3.1 - 3.3.2 | 3.21, 3.23 |
| 18 | Constitutive Relations | 3.4.1, 3.4.2 | 3.27 |
| 19 | Anisotropic Materials | 3.4.4 | 3.31, 3.32 |
| 20 | Statics of Beam Bending - Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams | 4.1 | 4.5 (b, d, e, f) |
| 21 | Normal and Shear Stresses in Beams | 4.2, 4.4 | 4.13 (e, f), 4.20 |
| 22 | Beam Bending Displacements | 4.5 | 4.21 (a, d) |
| 23 | Closed-Form Solutions | 5.1 | 5.12, 5.15 |
| 24 | Experimental Stress Analysis | 5.2 | 5.17, 5.18 |
| 25 | Finite Element Analysis | 5.3 | |
| 26 | Finite Element Analysis | 5.19 | |
| 27 | QUIZ 2 | ||
| 28 | Yield - Phenomenological Aspects, Multiaxial Stress States | 6.1.1, 6.1.2 | 6.2, 6.9 |
| 29 | Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure, Effect of Rate and Temperature | 6.1.3, 6.1.4 | 6.10, 6.11 |
| 30 | Role of Dislocations in Crystalline Slip | 6.2.1 - 6.2.4 | |
| 31 | Dislocation Motion and Hardening | 6.2.5 | 6.17 |
| 32 | Creep | 6.3 | 6.15 |
| 33 | Continuum Plasticity | 6.4 | 6.16 |
| 34 | Statistics of Fracture | 7.1 | 7.1, 7.3 (g-i) |
| 35 | The Zhurkov Kinetic Model of Fracture | 7.2 | 7.4, 7.6 |
| 36 | The Griffith Approach to Fracture Mechanics, Compliance Calibration | 7.3.1, 7.3.2 | 7.9c (But Find Gc rather than K1) |
| 37 | Stress Intensity Approach, Effect of Specimen Geometry, Effect of Grain Size and Temperature | 7.3.3 - 7.3.5 | 7.10, 7.11 |
| 38 | Fatigue | 7.4 | 7.14, 7.16 |
| 39 | QUIZ 3 | ||
