TAM/MATSE 206: Mechanics for MatSE

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Textbook: William F, Riley, Leroy D. Sturges and Don H. Morris. Statics and Mechanics of Materials: An Integrated Approach. New York: Wiley 1995.

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Catalog Description, Prerequisites and Schedule:

Topics from statics, mechanics of materials, and fluid mechanics pertinent to the fields of metallurgical engineering, ceramic engineering, and materials science and engineering: force resultants, stresses and strains produced in elastic bodies, microscopic effects of different loading states (tension, compression, torsion and bending) on deformable bodies, beam stresses and deflections, introduction to three-dimensional stresses and strains, stress and strain-rate relationships for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, conservation equations (control volume analysis) for fluid flow, Reynolds number, and slow inertial and turbulent flows. This course is tailored for students with interests in materials science and engineering. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in MATSE 201 or consent of instructor. 4 hours. 4 lecture-discussion hours/week.

Course Topics:

1. Units and vectors
2. Forces, moments, couples
3. Equilibrium, resultants, distributed forces, free-body diagrams
4. Analysis of stress
5. Strain and stress­strain relationships
6. Centroids, moments
7. Beam stresses and deflections
8. Concepts of strain energy
9. Introduction to fluid mechanics
10. Properties of fluids
11. Hydrostatics and pressure measurement
12. Conservation equations
13. Dimensionless variables
14. Slow flows, inertial flows, and turbulent flows
15. Applications

Course Objectives:

1. to provide intermediate-level analysis and problem-solving methods in engineering
2. to give the students the basis for more advanced course work (e.g. materials processing) required for an in-depth and comprehensive program in materials science and engineering

Course Outcomes:

1. ability to construct free-body diagrams of mechanically loaded engineering components
2. ability to apply the principles of statics and strength of materials to find force resultants and internal stresses in elementary mechanical structures
3. ability to identify types of fluid flow and apply the principles of hydrostatics and fluid dynamics to solve elementary fluid mechanics problems

Assessment Tools:

10. Weekly sets of homework problems
11. Three one hour written exams plus 3 hour comprehensive final exam on course content designed to test the students ability to apply his/her knowledge.

Contribution of Course to Meeting the Professional Component:

100%

Prepared by :

Richard D. Keane and James W. Phillips, April 2001