ME 2355: Mechanics of Materials, Spring 2018
Section 3: MWR 9:15-10:20, Course Registration Number (CRN) 32169
Section 2: MWR 10:30-11:35, Course Registration Number (CRN) 30149

Northeastern University
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Instructor: Professor George G. Adams, Email: adams@coe.neu.edu, 617-373-3826, 203 Snell Engineering Center
Conference Hours: Monday 2:00-3:30, Wednesday 3:00-4:30, Thursday 2:00-3:30.
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: Engineering Mechanics and Design (ME 2350) or CIVE 2221 is required. The required corequisite is ME 2356.
The first class will be on Monday, January 8
 
Catalog Course Description: Discusses concepts of stress and strain; transformation of stress and strain at a point; stress-strain relations material properties; second moments of cross-sectional areas; stresses and deformations in simple structural members due to axial torsional, and flexural loading for statically determinate and indeterminate cases; design of beams under combined loading; and stability of structures and buckling of columns with various supports. Laboratory experiments and written reports are required.

 
Goals and Objectives:

To understand the concepts of stress and strain and the inter-relation between them.

To calculate stresses and deformations in simple statically determinate and indeterminate systems.

To analyze mechanical systems based on the concepts of the two-dimensional transformation of stress.

To calculate stresses in beams under combined loading.

To predict stability and buckling of columns.
 
Text:

Philpot, T.A., Mechanics of Materials, 3rd edition, 2013, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118-08347-5

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