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Homework 5 assignment and open thread

February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

These problems are due on Friday 2/27 at NOON. No late homework will be accepted. They are all from Chapter 5 on torsion, two on stress, two on twist, two on static indeterminacy.
Problems 5-3, 5-10, 5-50, 5-51, 5-77, 5-80
You will need to think just a bit about the problem with the gears. […]

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

Exam 1 information and open thread

February 12th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Exam 1 will take place on Wednesday Feb. 18 from 6-8 pm. We will be in MEC 341. The content of the exam is everything we’ve covered in the first 4 chapters of the book, except thermal stress. Pretty much everything else is fair game. I expect to have 4 problems, […]

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

Homework 4 assignment and open thread

February 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments

This homework is due on Friday 2/13 at NOON. No late homework will be accepted. Note also that properly-completed homework assignments have decent diagrams, a clear flow and thought process, answers with units attached, etc. Please work hard to exhibit all the good habits of problem solving. I guess if […]

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

Module 8 podcast

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments

This is a good one about static indeterminacy. For these kinds of problems, here is the general strategy:

draw FBD and write the equilibrium equations, and identify all the unknowns
compare the number of unknowns to the number of equilibrium equations
if you have more unknowns than equilibrium equations, you need more equations!
write […]

 
icon for podpress  Module 8: Static indeterminacy (axial loading): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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

Homework 3 assignment and open thread

February 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

This homework is due on Friday 2/6 at NOON. No late homework will be accepted. These problems are all from Chapter 3.
Prob. 3-5, 3-8, 3-24, 3-30
For 3-8, you might find Examples 3.2 and 3.3 useful for the “permanent” set part of the question. There is also a video solution on […]

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

Some new content and solutions to Prob. 4-9 and Prob. 4-36

February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

First, I dug up some videos off my hard drive which are solutions to some recent problems from class. Shortly, I’ll also post PDFs of the students solutions to these problems. But in the meantime, feel free to have a look.
Second, some of you may not have explored the publisher’s web site just […]

 
icon for podpress  Video solution: Prob. 4-9: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
icon for podpress  Video solution: Prob. 4-36: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
icon for podpress  Video: accessing the companion website: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Tags: MAE 231 Strength of Materials · Video Solutions (MAE 231) · Announcements (MAE 231)