EGM 5533 Applied Elasticity and Advanced Mechanics of Solids

Spring 2006

Syllabus

News

• Jan. 03: Class room has been changed to 102 NEB.
• Jan. 03: Lecture note will be posted in the Lecture Section below.
• Jan. 13: Office hours are changed to 6th period (1:50-2:40 PM) WF. There will be no office hour on Monday.
• Feb. 01: Three exam schedules are posted. All exams will be held in the classroom at 5:00 - 7:00 PM. For all EDGE students, please let me know whether you can take the exam at the same date. I will send exam materials to the proctor before the exam date.
• Feb. 07: HW#2 solution by David Cowan is posted in the Assignment section.
• Feb. 13: HW#3 solution by Yu Jin is posted in the Assignment section.
• Mar. 02: HW#4 solution by Anthony Smith is posted in the Assignment section.
• Mar. 15: HW#5 solution is posted in the Assignment section.

Reading materials

• Jan. 03: Read Chapter 1 of the textbook by Jan. 09.
• Jan. 13: Read Chapter 2 of the textbook by Jan. 18.
• Jan. 31: Read Chapter 3 of the textbook by Feb. 3.
• Feb. 06: Read Chapter 4 of the textbook by Feb. 8.

Lectures

1. Introduction
2. Theory of stress and strain, Chap02Addendum.pdf
3. Stress-strain-temperature relation
4. Inelastic material behavior
5. Energy methods
6. Torsion of shafts
7. Bending of beams
8. Shear center
9. Beam on elastic foundation
10. Thick wall cylinder
11. Column buckling
12. Flat plate
13. Stress concentration
14. Fracture mechanics and Fatigue
15. Contact stress

Assignments

1. Jan 13: Homework #1 is assigned at the end of Lecture 1 (Due Jan 20)
2. Jan 25: Homework #2 is assigned: Solve Problems 2.5, 2.56, 2.67, and 2.71 (Due Feb 1), Solution by David Cowan
3. Feb 03: Homework #3 is assigned: Solve Problems 3.5, 3.15, and 3.21 (Due Feb 10), Solution by Yu Jin
4. Feb 17: Homework #4 is assigned: Solve Problems 4.4, 4.17, 4.26, and 4.33 (Due Feb 24), Solution by Anthony Smith
5. Feb 24: Homework #5 is assigned: Solve Problems 5.25, 5.26, 5.33, 5.51, and 5.66 (Due Mar 3), Solution
6. Mar 10: Homework #6 is assigned: Solve Problems 6.6, 6.7, 6.11, 6.18, 6.57 (Due Mar 20), Solution
7. Mar 31: Homework #7 is assigned: Solve Problems 7.3, 7.11, 7.20, 7.33, 7.40, and 8.12 (Due Apr 7 ), Solution
8. Apr 14: Homework #8 is assigned: Solve Problems 10.1, 10.20, and 11.10 (Due Apr 21 ), Solution, Correction of Prob 11.20

Exams

• Exam1: 5:00 - 7:00 PM, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 102 NEB, No class on Feb. 15
• Exam2: 5:00 - 7:00 PM, Wednesday, Mar. 22, 102 NEB, No class on Mar. 22
• Exam3: 5:00 - 7:00 PM, Wednesday, Apr. 26, 102 NEB, No class on Apr. 26