THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MENG 356 [Mechanical Design I]
Assignment # 1 (Beam Design)
Due dates (Sunday Labs 16 February, Monday Labs 17 February and Wednesday
Labs 19 February)
Problem 1:
An I-Beam carrying a static load between two supports at a span of
4 meters is to be designed. The load equals to 10 KN at the beam’s midspan. Choose the I-Beam.
Set of deliverables for assignments
1. Cover page
2. Excel files of MITCalc
3. Neatness and Understandability in all of the above is required
NO ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE DEADLINE