MAE 325 (tentative) Syllabus, Fall 1999,

Updated November 2, 1999

Homework due in lecture Wednesdays. Please follow the homework policies.                                                                 
  Day
Topics
Text Sections
Aug 27 F (AR) "Design" = strength, stiffness & durability 1
  30 M (AR) Forces and moments in mechanisms, rolling log, wheel 3.0-8,3.10
Sep 1 W (AR) wheel continued
  3 F (AR) wheel continued, lever
  6 M (AR) forces at joints, determinacy
  8 W (AR) bike brake, U-joint
  10 F (AR) kinematics: pos., displ., vel., accel.
  13 M (AR) 4-bar linkage
  15 W (AR) 4-bar linkage, trig. and num. integ. for angles
  17 F (AR) 4-bar linkage
  20 M (AR) 4-bar linkage, ode23 and matlab
  22 W (AR) 4-bar linkage, matlab
  24 F (AR) Stress, strain, and stiffness... tension 4.7
  27 M (AR ) beams, singularity functions 3.9, 4.9, 4.12
  29 W (AR) singularity functions
Oct 1 F (AR) deflection in beams
  4 M (AR) singularity functions, deflection, compliance
  6 W (AR) statically indeterminate bending, stress
  8 F (AR) stress and Mohr's circle 4.1-6, 4.8, 4.13
  11 M (AR) stress
  13 W (AR) stress, strain, ppal stress 4.0 - 4.3, 4.7
  15 F (AR) plane stress/strain Mohr's circle; max shear stress, failure theory 4.4 4.5 4.6; 5.1
  18 M (AR) torsion 4.12
  20 W (AR) combined loads, stress distributions 4.13
  22 F (AR) stress concentrations, failure theories
  25 M (FV) springs, compression 4.14, 13
  27 W (FV) springs, stress concentrations, resonance, sample problem 13
  29 F (FV) springs 13
Nov 1 M (FV) buckling (columns and springs) 4.16
  3 W (AR) case studies in stress and deflection example lecture 4.18
  5 F (FV) fatigue 6.1, 6.2
  8 M (FV) design for high-cycle fatigue 6.9-6.11
  10 W (FV) reversed and fluctuating stresses 6.9-6.11
  12 F (FV) shafts 9
  15 M (FV) shafts 9
  17 W (FV) Bearings 10
  18 T PRELIM 2, Kimball B11 --CUMULATIVE--
  19 F (FV) gears 12
  22 M (AR) gears 12
  24 W (AR) fasteners 14
  26 F THANKSGIVING break
  29 M (AR) fasteners screws 14
Dec 1 W (AR) clutches and breaks 15
  3 F (AR) clutches and breaks 15
  15 W --FINAL EXAM-- 9:00 - 11:30 am, Kimball B11 --CUMULATIVE--