Applied Mechanics for Design

Catalog description

Stress and deformation analysis of structural elements such as bars, beams, trusses, and plates that are commonly used in mechanical design. The topics include review of equilibrium, compatibility and constitutive laws, yielding and failure, bending problems, energy methods, plate problems, contact and fracture problems, stability of elastic systems, and inelastic problems. Prerequisites: ME 211 or equivalent. Term varies.