SYLLABUS FOR MAE 314: SOLID MECHANICS
Spring 2016
Instructor:
Facilitators:
Richard Johnson, Rm.3272 EBIII, Centennial Campus NCSU
E-mail for class: johnsonmae314@gmail .com (I also have an ncsu address but your e-mail
may get lost in the traffic so I request you use the address given if it concerns MAE314.)
Course materials will be posted on Moodle at https://wolfware.ncsu.edu . Course notes and
recordings available through http://engineeringonline.ncsu.edu under site-based courses for
Spring 2015.
TBA
Class Schedule: M, W 3:00PM to 4:15PM online
Office Hours:
TBA
Catalogue description: The topics analyzed in this course will be: Concepts and theories of internal force, stress,
strain, and strength of structural element under static loading conditions; analysis of the constitutive behavior
for linear elastic structures; deflection and stress analysis procedures for bars, beams, and shafts; and stability
of columns.
Pre-requisites: MA 242 with a grade of C- or better and MAE 206 or CE 214;
Textbook: Mechanics of Materials, Beer, Johnston, DeWolf and Mazurek 7e, McGraw Hill. Please note that
references in syllabus (chapter numbers) are to seventh edition, but sixth edition will satisfy content.
To receive credit for MAE 314 students will have to demonstrate that they are able to:
1. Apply linear elastic material laws to calculate deformations of deformable bodies;
2. Integrate deformable body concepts with static equilibrium to solve statically indeterminate problems;
3. Model simple beams;
4. Design a structural component including the concept of factor of safety;
5. Interpret two dimensional stresses and strains using coordinate transformations;
6. Calculate maximum normal/shear stresses and strains;
7. Model thin walled pressure vessels.
Topics to be covered:
1. Introduction to Solid Mechanics
2. Tension, Compression and Shear
3. Axially Loaded Members
4. Torsion
5. Advanced Shear Force, Bending Moments
6. Stresses in Beams
7. Deflection of Beams
8. Analysis of Stress and Strain
9. Pressure Vessels
10.Column Analysis
MAE314 Spring 2016 Schedule, johnsonmae314@gmail.com Reference to chapters in 7e of Beer
DAY
DATE
TOPIC
READING
HMK Due
WEEK 1
Wed.
1-6-16
Concepts of Stress
Ch 1.1-1.3
WEEK2
Mon.
1-11-16 Stress & Strain (axial load)
Ch 2.1A,B, D, E, F and G
Wed.
1-13-16 Stress & Strain (axial load) Ch 2.2-2.5
WEEK 3
Mon.
1-18-16 Holiday
Holiday
Due Wed
Wed
1-20-16 Stress & Strain (axial load)
Ch 2.7, 2.8, 2.10, 2.11,
HWK SET 1
WEEK 4
Mon.
1-25-16 Torsion
Ch 3..1
Due Wed.
Wed.
1-27-16 Torsion
Ch 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
HWK SET 2
WEEK 5
Mon.
2-1-16
Pure Bending
Ch 4.1, 4.2
Due Wed
Wed.
2-4-16
Review for Test
Review Chs 1,2 and 3
HWK SET 3
WEEK 6
Mon.
2-8-16
Test based on Ch 1, 2 and 3 Based on HWK Sets 1, 2 ,3
TEST 1
Wed.
2-10-16 Pure Bending
Ch 4.4, 4.5
WEEK 7
Mon.
2-15-16 Beams in Bending
Ch 5.1, 5.2
Due Wed
Wed.
2-17-16 Beams in bending
Ch 5.3
HWK SET 4
WEEK 8
Mon.
2-22-16 Shear Stress in Bending
Ch 6.1
Due Wed
Wed.
2-24-16 Transformations
Ch 7.1, 7.2
HWK SET 5
WEEK 9
Due Monday
Mon.
2-29-16 Review for Test 2
Review Chapters 4, 5 and 6 HWK SET 6
Wed.
3-2-16
TEST 2 Chapters 4, 5 and 6 Based on HW SETS 4,5,6,
TEST 2
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
BREAK
WEEK 10
Mon.
3-14-16 Mohr’s circle
Ch 7.2
Wed.
3-16-16 Mohr”s circle
Ch 7.4, 7.9
WEEK 11
Mon.
3-21-16 Beams and Shafts
Ch 8.1, 8.2
Due Wed.
Wed.
3-23-16 Combined Loading
Ch 8.3
HWK SET 7
WEEK 12
Mon.
3-28-16 Deflection in Beams
Ch 9.1
Due Wed
Wed.
3-30-16 Deflection in Beams
Ch 9.2
HWK SET 8
WEEK 13
Mon.
4-4-16
Superposition in Beams
Ch 9.4
Due Wed
Wed.
4-6-16
Columns
Ch 10.1
HWK SET 9
WEEK 14
Mon.
4-11-16 Review of chs 7,8,9,10
Due Wed
Wed
4-13-16 TEST 3 on Chapters 7, 8, 9
Based on HW SETS 7,8,9,10 HWK Set 10
WEEK 15
Mon.
4-18-16 TEST 3 on chapts 7, 8, 9,10 Based on HW Sets 7,8,9,10 TEST 3
Wed.
4-20-16 Review for Final
Mon.
4-25-16 Last day of classes
MAE314 Spring 2015 johnsonmae314@gmail.com
GRADING:
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Final Exam
Homework
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
Grade Distribution
A+
97-100%
B+
A
94-96%
B
A90-93%
BF
less than 60%
87-89%
84-86%
80-83%
C+
C
C-
77-79%
74-76%
70-73%
D+
D
D-
67-69%
64-66%
60-63%
Policies, Regulations, and Rules:
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To receive credit all homework papers must be your own work and must be turned at the
beginning of class on the due date. Late homeworks will be graded but will not be assigned any
credit unless agreed to by the instructor in advance. Copied homeworks (whether from
published sources or from a friend) will constitute plagiarism. Working together is acceptable but
make sure that your submission is your work and represents your understanding of the material.
Attendance in class is required. Make-up work will be available only for excused absences and a
written request with explanation will be required. It must be arranged within two weeks of the
due date at the option of the instructor, prior to two weeks before the end of classes.
Requests for test regrading should be within one week after the tests are returned. A written
request with explanation will be required.
Students are expected to be familiar with the University policy on Academic Integrity.
An Honor Pledge is implied on each test, final exam, and any additional special assignments.
The Honor pledge will be as follows: ”I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this
test, exam or special assignment. I have not discussed the contents of this test or exam prior to
taking it.”
Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities.
During tests and exams electronic devices may only be used for calculation and cannot be used
for consulting stored memory or communication with other devices or persons. There is one
permitted exemption explained below for an electronic textbook.
In the case of an open textbook test or exam where the student has an electronic version of the
textbook the electronic device containing that text (example a laptop) may be used under the
implied pledge that the device is only used for reading the textbook.