Units: 3-2-7
Lectures: Twice weekly, 1.5 hours per session.
Section #2: Wednesday, 1.5 hours
Section #3: Thursday, 1.5 hours
Section #4: Thursday, 1.5 hours
Section #5: Friday, 1.5 hours
Section #6: Friday, 1.5 hours
Required Texts
Crandall, S. H., T. J. Lardner, and N. C. Dahl.
An Introduction to the Mechanics of Solids. 2nd ed. McGraw Hill, 1999. (Two copies of this book are on reserve at Barker.)
Handouts.
Recommended Texts
Gere, J. M., and S. P. Timoshenko. Mechanics of Materials. 4th ed. PWS Publishing Company, 1997. (Two copies of this book are on reserve at Barker.)
8.01, 18.02
18.03 (Note: pre- and corequisites are strictly enforced.)
This course provides an introduction to the mechanics of solids with applications to science and engineering. We emphasize the three essential features of all mechanical analyses, namely:
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the geometry of the motion and/or deformation of the structure, and conditions of geometric fit,
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the forces on and within structures and assemblies, and
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the physical aspects of the structural system (including material properties) which quantify relations between the forces and motions/deformation.
All handouts, homeworks, and solutions will be available on the course website. The website will also serve as a message board for announcements about the class, and will have links to sites of interest to the class. If you preregistered for the course, you have already been added to the course mailing list. Being on the mailing list will allow you to receive course-related material. Web-based learning modules will also be utilized. The website and additional information will be provided during class.
Lectures will be held twice weekly for 90-minute periods. Lecture is mandatory. Attendance and participation will be part of the grade.
Each week, students will meet for a 90-minute recitation section consisting of approximately 10-20 students. Attendance during these sessions is mandatory. In addition to additional discussion of course material and examples, students will conduct exploratory desktop experiments in small groups as well as simulation exercises to explore various phenomena in mechanics. Some of these exercises will be graded.
Teaching Assistant Office Hours
Twice a week for 2 hours each day. The teaching assistants will be available for consultations during designated office hours. Teaching assistants are themselves graduate students with special constraints on their time. Accordingly they will be available for consultations only during the advertised hours.
Problem sets will typically be handed out on Wednesdays and due the next Wednesday. To receive credit, problem sets must be handed in at the beginning of class on the due date. Problem sets will not necessarily be assigned every week because of tests, holidays, etc. Late problem sets will not be accepted.
Honesty on Problem Set Assignments
You are welcome, and encouraged, to work on the assignment problems with fellow students. A good way to learn the material is in small study groups. Such groups work best if members have attempted the problems individually before meeting as a group. Of course, the assignment solution that you turn in should reflect your own understanding, and not that of your fellow students. In other words, do not copy directly from other students. If it is obvious that such direct copying has occurred, we will disallow that homework.
There will be two 90-minute quizzes and a 3-hour final exam. These will be closed book. Two single-sided pages of notes are permitted for each quiz and for the final. On most Mondays we will also have 15-minute conceptual quizzes to be solved in small groups, to make sure we are proceeding at the correct pace.
The TAs will hold tutorial sessions after completing each major section of the course, as well as one or two days before each quiz. Details will be announced prior to each tutorial.
Class attendance and conceptual quizzes: 10%
Recitation exercises and participation: 15%
Homework: 15%
Quiz 1: 15%
Quiz 2: 15%
Final Exam: 30%