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SES #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Introduction and Galileo's problem
2Dimensional analysis and atomic explosion
3Dimensional analysis and application to engineering structures
4Newton's laws of motion: the fall of the World Trade Center towersAssignment 1 due
5Stress vector and stress tensor
6Continuum model: hydrostatics example
7Continuum model: geostatics exampleAssignment 2 due
8Beam stress model
9Beam model II and summaryAssignment 3 due
10Strength models
11Mohr stress plane and strength criteria
12Soil mechanics exampleAssignment 4 due
13Beam section strength model (M/N interactions)
14Strength of beam structuresAssignment 5 due
15Review of stresses and strength
16Deformation and strain tensor
Quiz 1: dimensional analysis, stresses and strength
17Strain tensor (cont.)
18Mohr circle in strain space
19Beam deformationAssignment 6 due
20Elasticity: energy approach
21Continuum elasticity
22Elasticity: propertiesAssignment 7 due
23Elasticity solving methods
24Beam elasticity I
25Beam elasticity IIAssignment 8 due
26Beam elasticity III
27Energy bounds: 1D system (minimum potential energy)Assignment 9 due
28Energy bounds: 1D system (minimum complementary energy)
Quiz 2: elasticity and beam mechanics
291D energy methods: examples and applications
30Generalization to 3D
31Stress method for beam structures
32Energy methods for beam structures, exampleAssignment 10 due
33How stuff fails: stability (Euler buckling)
34Fracture mechanics I
35Fracture mechanics IIAssignment 11 due
36Plastic collapse
37Last lecture: review and summary

 








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