Applied Mechanics

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The purpose of this course is to give students the ability to calculate engineering stresses, strains, and deflections in members subjected to different types of loading using the applied forces and reactions obtained from static equilibrium calculations. Various types of components are analyzed such as rods subjected to axial loading, shafts subjected to torsion, and beams of various cross-sectional geometries subjected to bending moments. Additionally, members under combined loadings are analyzed to determine principal stresses and maximum shear stresses using stress transformation equations and Mohr's circle. For all applications, free body diagrams will be used in order to relate external and internal reactions.