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Homework 10 assignment and open thread

April 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

This homework is due on Friday 4/18 at NOON. There are not that many problems, because each one requires a certain amount of effort. But please do not wait to start the homework!
From Ch. 9: 9-30, 9-47, 9-81, 9-102
Notice that there are none like, say, 9-1 through 9-17, where you are simply […]

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Tags: MAE 231 Strength of Materials · Homework (MAE 231)

Exam 2 post-mortem

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Exam 2 is now in the books…and here is some feedback.

Shear and moment (#1) was pretty decent, for the most part the class seems fairly confident about this issue.
On #2, it was clear that many of you don’t quite get the idea of how to find the centroid of the transformed […]

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Tags: MAE 231 Strength of Materials · Exam Results (MAE 231)

Homework 9 assignment and open thread

April 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Need something to believe about this course (note to self: buy this on iTunes)? This homework is due at NOON on Friday 4/11. There are only 4 problems, but they are significant and will require a certain amount of effort, so do not procrastinate!
Probs. 8-37, 8-43, 8-45, 8-46
As usual, use this post […]

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Tags: MAE 231 Strength of Materials · Homework (MAE 231)

Project group clearing house

April 4th, 2008 · No Comments

There is a thread of comments attached to this post which may be useful if you are looking for a group to join. Use that forum to self-assemble into groups over the next day or so.

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Tags: MAE 231 Strength of Materials · Announcements (MAE 231) · Project Contests (MAE 231)

Module 22 podcast

April 4th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s taken some time, but here is the first introduction to stress transformations, Ch. 9. This is leading us up to Mohr’s circle (Wikipedia entry, not very useful, maybe an opportunity for you to flesh it out?), which we will introduce in class today and/or Monday. The key point about stress transformations, which […]

 
icon for podpress  Lecture Module 22, Mar. 31 2008: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Tags: MAE 231 Strength of Materials · Lecture Modules (MAE 231)