0901272
Solid Mechanics
Fall 2002

 

Catalog Description

This course is an introduction to the field of Solid Mechanics. The course consists of studying the behavior of structural members and machine components under applied loading. The applied loads consist of axial forces, transverse forces, torques, moments and combinations thereof.  These loads, which are transmitted through structural members and machine components via internal stresses, result in deformations of these components (i.e. strain). Structural members and machine components are modeled as bars, shafts, beams and columns, which stretch, twist, bend and buckle under applied loads. Implications of mechanical behavior on the design of machine components and structural members are stressed throughout the course.
Textbook:  Statics and Mechanics of Materials: An Integrated Approach , Riley, Sturges and Morris.  Wiley, 2nd Edition.

Instructor:

Anthony J. Marchese, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Rowan University

235 Rowan Hall
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701

Email address: marchese@rowan.edu
Telephone: (856) 256-5343
Fax:              (856) 256-5241

Office Hours:

Tuesday: 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Thursday: 11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Grading

Homework (25%).  Approximately 10 homework problems per week will be assigned.  Assignments must be done on engineering paper in the format specified by the instructor (Known, Find, Given, Diagram, Analysis).  A sample of the required format is attached.  Assignments are due at the beginning of the class on the day announced by the instructor.  Late assignments will not be collected (Late = 0), but the lowest homework grade will be dropped.  Homework will be done in teams as described on page 3.

Weekly Quizzes (20%). A short quiz will be given on each day that the homework is due and will cover the same material as the homework that is being turned in.  The quizzes will be begin promptly at 8 a.m. and will be timed (approx. 10 minutes).  No make up quizzes will be given for any reason (please don’t even ask).  The lowest quiz score will be dropped.

Midterm Exam (25%).  A 1-hour midterm examination will be given approximately the 4th week of class. 

Final Exam (30%).    A 2-hour comprehensive final exam will be given during finals week. A one-page 8 1/2 x 11 inch formula sheet (prepared by the student) is permitted. 

Attendance Policy

Attendance at each class is absolutely required.  Sleeping in class is forbidden.  Notebooks and calculators should be brought to each class.

Problem Sessions

In addition to the regular class hours, a "voluntary" problem session will be held one evening each week. 

Homework Teams

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Course Outline  

Week

Date(s)

Text

Topics

Homework

1

Oct. 22 

7.1-7.5  

 

Introduction of Syllabus

Intro to Torsion

syllabus.doc

2

Oct. 28

Oct. 29 

Oct. 30

Nov. 1

7.8-7.9

 

 

 

Torsional Shearing Strain

The Elastic Torsion Formula

Stresses on Oblique Plains

Power Transmission in Shafts 

Statically Indeterminate Shafts

7.2, 7.9, 7.14, 7.21, 7.29. 7.46, 7.54, 7.57

 

Due: Fri., Nov 1

3

Nov. 4

Nov. 5

Nov. 8

8.1-8.5

Flexural Loading: Stresses in Beams

Flexural Stress; 

Second Moment of Area; Elastic Flexural Formula;

 

 

 

Due: Fri, Nov. 8

4

Nov. 12

Nov. 13

Nov. 15

 

(No class Nov. 11)

 

8.6-8.10

 

 

Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams;

Shearing Stress in Beams

 

 

 

 

Due: Wed. Nov.15

5

Nov. 18

Nov. 19 Nov. 20

Nov. 22

 

 

(Midterm:

TBA)

9.1-9.5

 

Deflection of beams by integration, equation of the elastic curve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due. Wed, Nov. 22

6

Nov. 25

Nov. 26

Nov. 27

(Thanks-giving)

9.6-9.10

 

Statically indeterminate beams, Superposition.

 

 

 

 

7

Dec. 2

Dec. 3

Dec. 4

Dec. 6

10.1-10.13

 

 

Combined Static Loading:

Stress at general point. Plane Stress.  Transformation of Stress and Mohr’s Circle.  Principal Stress and Maximum Shearing Stress.  Thin walled pressure vessels.

 

 

 

 

Due: Fri., Dec. 6

 

8

Dec. 9

Dec. 10

Dec. 11

Dec. 13

10.14

11.1- 11.3

Combined Loading. 

Stability of Columns

Due: Fri., Dec. 13

9

Dec. 17

 

Final Exam Week

 

Last updated: October 28, 2002