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ME 472 Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3 cr.) |
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| Prerequisites: |
ME 272, MATH 262
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| Textbooks: |
A.C. Ugural and S.K. Fenster, Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity,
The SI version, Elsevier 1995.
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| Description: |
Studies of stresses and strains in three-dimensional elastic problems. Failure theories
and yield criteria. Bending of curved beams. Torsion of bars with noncircular cross sections.
Beams on elastic foundation. Energy methods. Selected topics. Students may not receive credit
for both ME 472 and ME 550.
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| Goals: |
To teach students tools require for design and analysis of complex problems in mechanics of materials.
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| Outcomes: |
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| Topics: |
1. Three dimensional stress analysis (2 classes)
2. Plane stress and plane strain problems (2 classes)
3. Stress functions (2 classes)
4. Failure criteria (2 classes)
5. Bending of curved beams (2 classes)
6. Shear stresses (2 classes)
7. Shear center (2 classes)
8. Torsion (2 classes)
9. Thin walled members (2 classes)
10. Statically indeterminate problems (2 classes)
11. Elastic stability (2 classes)
12. Beams on elastic foundation (2 classes)
13. Fourier series (2 classes)
14. Energy methods (2 classes)
15. Introduction to plates (2 classes)
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