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This course's required textbook is Engineering Mechanics for Structures, written by Professor Louis Bucciarelli in 2002. This section contains links to full text versions of the book chapters.



Book Chapters


  • Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF)
  • Chapter 2 - Static Equilibrium Force and Moment (PDF)
  • Chapter 3 - Internal Forces and Moments (PDF)
  • Chapter 4 - Stress (PDF)
  • Chapter 5 - Indeterminate Systems (PDF)
  • Chapter 6 - Strain (PDF)
  • Chapter 7 - Material Properties and Failure Phenomena (PDF)
  • Chapter 8 - Stresses/Deflections Shafts in Torsion (PDF)
  • Chapter 9 - Stresses: Beams in Bending (PDF)
  • Chapter 10 - Deflections Due to Bending (PDF)
week #ses #Topics  readings
Week 1Lec 1Introduction1.1-1.4
Lab 0Use of Spreadsheet
Lec 2Concept of Force2.1
Week 2Lec 3Concept of Moment2.2
Lab 1
Lec 4Static Equilibrium Requirements
Lab 2Design Exercise 1
Lec 5Truss Structures3.1
Week 3Lec 6
Lab 3
Lec 7Beam Structures3.2
Lab 4
Lec 8
Week 4Lec 9Design Exercise 2
Lab 5Torsion of Circular Shafts3.3
Lec 10
Lab 6Thin Cylinder Under Pressure3.4
Lec 11Concept of Stress4.1
Week 5Lec 12
Lab 7Stress Component Transformation
Lec 13
Lab 8Stress Fields4.2
Quiz 1Quiz 1
Week 6Lab 9Indeterminate Systems5.1
Lec 14Compatibility of Deformation
Lec 15
Week 7Lec 16Truss Matrix Analysis5.2
Lab 10
Lec 17Design Exercise 3
Lab 11Concept of Strain6.1
Lec 18Strain Component Transformation6.2
Week 8Lec 19
Lab 12Material Properties / Stress-Strain Relationship7.1-7.3
Lec 20
Lab 13Modes of Failure7.4
Lec 21Stress / Deflections Shafts in Torsion8.1-8.6
Week 9Lec 22Design
Exercise 4
Lab 14Stresses - Beams in Bending9.1-9.3
Lec 23
Lab 15
Lec 24Shear Stresses in Beams9.4
Week 10Lec 25
Quiz 2Quiz 2
Lec 26Stresses in Composite Beams9.5
Week 11Lec 27Design Exercise 5
Lab 16
Lec 28Deflections Due to Bending10.1
Lab 17
Lec 29
Week 12Lec 30
Lab 18Buckling of Beams10.2
Lec 31
Week 13Lec 32Design Exercise 6
Lab 19
Lec 33
Lab 20
Week 14Lec 34Frame Matrix Analysis10.3
Lec 35Some Special Methods5.3, 10.4

 








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