The calendar below provides information on course’s lecture (Lec), labs (Lab), and quiz (Quiz) sessions.
| week # | ses # | Topics | labs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Lec 1 | Introduction | |
| Lab 0 | Use of Spreadsheet | Orientation | |
| Lec 2 | Concept of Force | ||
| Week 2 | Lec 3 | Concept of Moment | |
| Lab 1 | Pasta Uncertainty | ||
| Lec 4 | Static Equilibrium Requirements | ||
| Lab 2 | Design Exercise 1 | Pasta Uncertainty (cont.) | |
| Lec 5 | Truss Structures | ||
| Week 3 | Lec 6 | ||
| Lab 3 | Cable Structures | ||
| Lec 7 | Beam Structures | ||
| Lab 4 | Cable Structures (cont.) | ||
| Lec 8 | |||
| Week 4 | Lec 9 | Design Exercise 2 | |
| Lab 5 | Torsion of Circular Shafts | ||
| Lec 10 | |||
| Lab 6 | Thin Cylinder Under Pressure | ||
| Lec 11 | Concept of Stress | ||
| Week 5 | Lec 12 | ||
| Lab 7 | Stress Component Transformation | Uniaxial Tension | |
| Lec 13 | |||
| Lab 8 | Stress Fields | Uniaxial Tension (cont.) | |
| Quiz 1 | Quiz 1 | ||
| Week 6 | Lab 9 | Indeterminate Systems | |
| Lec 14 | Compatibility of Deformation | ||
| Lec 15 | |||
| Week 7 | Lec 16 | Truss Matrix Analysis | |
| Lab 10 | Truss Structures | ||
| Lec 17 | Design Exercise 3 | ||
| Lab 11 | Concept of Strain | Truss Structures(cont.) | |
| Lec 18 | Strain Component Transformation | ||
| Week 8 | Lec 19 | ||
| Lab 12 | Material Properties / Stress-Strain Relationship | ||
| Lec 20 | |||
| Lab 13 | Modes of Failure | ||
| Lec 21 | Stress / Deflections Shafts in Torsion | ||
| Week 9 | Lec 22 |
Design Exercise 4 |
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| Lab 14 | Stresses - Beams in Bending | Concrete Failure | |
| Lec 23 | |||
| Lab 15 | Concrete Failure (cont.) | ||
| Lec 24 | Shear Stresses in Beams | ||
| Week 10 | Lec 25 | ||
| Quiz 2 | Quiz 2 | ||
| Lec 26 | Stresses in Composite Beams | ||
| Week 11 | Lec 27 | Design Exercise 5 | |
| Lab 16 | Beam Bending | ||
| Lec 28 | Deflections Due to Bending | ||
| Lab 17 | Beam Bending (cont.) | ||
| Lec 29 | |||
| Week 12 | Lec 30 | ||
| Lab 18 | Buckling of Beams | ||
| Lec 31 | |||
| Week 13 | Lec 32 | Design Exercise 6 | |
| Lab 19 | Buckling | ||
| Lec 33 | |||
| Lab 20 | Buckling (cont.) | ||
| Week 14 | Lec 34 | Frame Matrix Analysis | |
| Lec 35 | Some Special Methods |
