The calendar below is an outline of how the laboratory experiments relate to topics covered in Solid Mechanics, 1.050.
| WEEK # | 1.050 LECTURE TOPICS | 1.105 LABORATORY TOPICS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| Static Equilibrium | ||
| Concept of Force | ||
| 2 | Concept of Moment | |
| Internal Forces and Moments | Experiment 1 - Pasta Uncertainty | |
| 3 | Truss Structures | |
| Beams | Experiment 2 - Cable Structures | |
| 4 | Shafts in Torsion | |
| Concepts of Stress | Experiment 3 - Uniaxial Tension | |
| 5 | Transformation Rules | |
| Equilibrium | ||
| 6 | Indeterminate Systems | |
| Simple Systems | ||
| 7 | Matrix Analysis Truss Structures | Experiment 4 - Truss Structures |
| Special Methods | ||
| 8 | Concept of Strain | |
| Strain/Displacement | ||
| Transformation Rules | ||
| 9 | Materials: Properties/Failure | |
| Stress/Strain Relations | ||
| Failure Phenomena | ||
| 10 | Stresses/Deflections: Torsion | |
| Stresses: Beams in Bending | Experiment 5 - Concrete Failure | |
| 11 | Shear in Beams | |
| Composite Beams | Experiment 6 - Beam Bending | |
| 12 | Deflections due to Bending | |
| 13 | Buckling of Beams | Experiment 7 - Buckling |
| Matrix Analysis of Frames | ||
| 14 | Special Methods |