CE C30 / ME C85 Introduction to Solid Mechanics
Instructor: Sanjay Govindjee
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Week Reading Lecture Homework
1

[GHSWR] Preface, Chapter 1, Appendix A

1. Review of static equilibrium for rigid bodies
[1]
None

[GHSWR] Chapter 2

2. Concurrent forces: A special case
[2A] [2B] [2C]
2.10, 2.15
2

[GHSWR] Chapter 3

3. Application of statics for systems with moments
[3A] [3B] [3C]
3.12, 3.18

None

4. Theory of alternate reference points
[4A] [4B] [4C]
None

None

5. Special considerations for two dimensional problems
[5A] [5B] [5C] [5D]
None
3

[GHSWR] Chapter 4

6. Equivalent force systems
[6A] [6B] [6C]
4.9a, 4.13

None

7. Distributed forces
[7A] [7B] [7C] [7D] [7E] [7F]
None

[GHSWR] Chapters 5, 6, and 9

8. Applications of statics: Complex systems
[8A] [8B] [8C]
5.12, 6.4
4

[G] Preface, Chapter 1

9. Introduction to deformable bodies
[9A]
1.8

[G] 2.1-2.3

10. 1-D stress, strain, equilibrium, constitution
[10AA] [10A]
2.3, 2.4

[G] 2.4-2.4.1

11. Axial response
[11A] [11B] [11C] [11D] [11E]
2.9, 2.15
5

[G] 2.4.2

12. Axial response by direct integration
[12A] [12B] [12C] [12D] [12E]
2.11, 2.16, 2.31

[G] 2.5-2.6

13. Conservation of energy and stress based design
[13A] [13B] [13C] [13D]
2.33

[G] 3.1

14. General Concepts of Stress
[14A] [14B]
3.4
6

[G] 3.2

15. Pointwise Stress
[15A] [15B] [15C] [15D] [15E]
3.8, 3.10, 3.15

[G] 3.3

16. Polar and Spherical Stresses
[16A] [16B]
None
7

[G] Chapter 4

17. General Concepts of Strain
[17A] [17B] [17C]
4.1, 4.5, 4.12

[G] Chapter 5

18. Generalized Hooke's Law
[18A] [18B] [18C]
5.3, 5.11

[G] 6.1

19. Axial loading as a multi-dimensional phenomena, thin-walled pressure vessels
[19A] [19B]
6.4
8

[G] 6.2-6.3

20. Thin-walled pressure vessels and St. Venant's Principle
[20AA] [20A]
6.7, 6.10, 6.11

[G] 7.1-7.2

21. Kinematics and Equilibrium of Torsion
[21AA] [21A] [21B] [21C] [21D] [21E] [21F]
7.2

[G] 7.3-7.4

22. Torsion of Circular Elastic Bars
[22A] [22B] [22C] [22D] [22E] [22F] [22G] [22H]
7.5, 7.8, 7.13, 7.21, 7.26, 7.28
9

[G] 7.7

23. Thin-Walled Torsion
[23A] [23B] [23C]
7.41, 7.43

[G] 8.1

24. Kinematics of Bending
[24AA] [24A] [24B] [24C]
8.2

[G] 8.2

25. Equilibrium of Bending
[25A] [25B] [25C]
8.5
10

[G] 8.3

26. Elastic Response of Beams
[26A] [26B] [26C] [26D] [26E]
8.8, 8.13, 8.15

[G] 8.4

27. Beam deections by Integration
[27A] [27B] [27C]
8.19, 8.34

[G] 8.5

28. Multi-axis Bending
[28A] [28B] [28C]
8.38
11

[G] 8.6

29. Shear Stresses in Beams
[29A] [29B] [29C]
8.41, 8.47

[G] 9.1-9.2.1

30. Transformation of Vectors and Tensors
[30A] [30B] [30C]
9.1

[G] 9.2.2-9.2.3

31. Principal Values, Maximum Shear, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
[31A] [31B] [31C] [31D]
9.2, 9.4
12

[G] 9.2.4-9.2.5

32. Mohr's Circle of Stress
[32A] [32B] [32C]
9.6, 9.11

[G] 9.3

33. Transformation of Strain
[33A] [33B] [33C] [33D]
9.15, 9.16a, 9.18

[G] 9.4

34. Yield and Fracture Criteria
[34A] [34B] [34C] [34D] [34E]
9.25, 9.26, 9.28, 9.29
13

[G] 12.1-12.2

35. Stability: Introduction
[35AA] [35A] [35B] [35C]
12.4

[G] 12.3

36. Euler Loads for Columns
[36A] [36 Extra]
12.12, 12.14, 12.15

 

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Acknowledgements

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Content organized by Rajiv Govindjee.