This course's required textbook is Engineering Mechanics for Structures, written by Professor Louis Bucciarelli in 2002. This section contains links to full text versions of the book chapters.
Book Chapters
- Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF)
- Chapter 2 - Static Equilibrium Force and Moment (PDF)
- Chapter 3 - Internal Forces and Moments (PDF)
- Chapter 4 - Stress (PDF)
- Chapter 5 - Indeterminate Systems (PDF)
- Chapter 6 - Strain (PDF)
- Chapter 7 - Material Properties and Failure Phenomena (PDF)
- Chapter 8 - Stresses/Deflections Shafts in Torsion (PDF)
- Chapter 9 - Stresses: Beams in Bending (PDF)
- Chapter 10 - Deflections Due to Bending (PDF)
| week # | ses # | Topics | readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Lec 1 | Introduction | 1.1-1.4 |
| Lab 0 | Use of Spreadsheet | ||
| Lec 2 | Concept of Force | 2.1 | |
| Week 2 | Lec 3 | Concept of Moment | 2.2 |
| Lab 1 | |||
| Lec 4 | Static Equilibrium Requirements | ||
| Lab 2 | Design Exercise 1 | ||
| Lec 5 | Truss Structures | 3.1 | |
| Week 3 | Lec 6 | ||
| Lab 3 | |||
| Lec 7 | Beam Structures | 3.2 | |
| Lab 4 | |||
| Lec 8 | |||
| Week 4 | Lec 9 | Design Exercise 2 | |
| Lab 5 | Torsion of Circular Shafts | 3.3 | |
| Lec 10 | |||
| Lab 6 | Thin Cylinder Under Pressure | 3.4 | |
| Lec 11 | Concept of Stress | 4.1 | |
| Week 5 | Lec 12 | ||
| Lab 7 | Stress Component Transformation | ||
| Lec 13 | |||
| Lab 8 | Stress Fields | 4.2 | |
| Quiz 1 | Quiz 1 | ||
| Week 6 | Lab 9 | Indeterminate Systems | 5.1 |
| Lec 14 | Compatibility of Deformation | ||
| Lec 15 | |||
| Week 7 | Lec 16 | Truss Matrix Analysis | 5.2 |
| Lab 10 | |||
| Lec 17 | Design Exercise 3 | ||
| Lab 11 | Concept of Strain | 6.1 | |
| Lec 18 | Strain Component Transformation | 6.2 | |
| Week 8 | Lec 19 | ||
| Lab 12 | Material Properties / Stress-Strain Relationship | 7.1-7.3 | |
| Lec 20 | |||
| Lab 13 | Modes of Failure | 7.4 | |
| Lec 21 | Stress / Deflections Shafts in Torsion | 8.1-8.6 | |
| Week 9 | Lec 22 | Design Exercise 4 | |
| Lab 14 | Stresses - Beams in Bending | 9.1-9.3 | |
| Lec 23 | |||
| Lab 15 | |||
| Lec 24 | Shear Stresses in Beams | 9.4 | |
| Week 10 | Lec 25 | ||
| Quiz 2 | Quiz 2 | ||
| Lec 26 | Stresses in Composite Beams | 9.5 | |
| Week 11 | Lec 27 | Design Exercise 5 | |
| Lab 16 | |||
| Lec 28 | Deflections Due to Bending | 10.1 | |
| Lab 17 | |||
| Lec 29 | |||
| Week 12 | Lec 30 | ||
| Lab 18 | Buckling of Beams | 10.2 | |
| Lec 31 | |||
| Week 13 | Lec 32 | Design Exercise 6 | |
| Lab 19 | |||
| Lec 33 | |||
| Lab 20 | |||
| Week 14 | Lec 34 | Frame Matrix Analysis | 10.3 |
| Lec 35 | Some Special Methods | 5.3, 10.4 |