| Lec | Date | Day | Section | Lecture Topic | Handout | Due |
| 1 | FEB 3 | T | Theory of Plates | Assumptions, Basic Eqs. | ||
| 2 | 5 | R | Eqs. and BCs, Reduction of Equations | PS0 | ||
| 3 | 10 | T | Simple Solutions (Navier and Levy) | |||
| 4 | 12 | R | Simple Solutions II | PS1 | PS0 | |
| V | 17 | T | MONDAY SCHEDULE | |||
| 5 | 19 | R | Circular Plates | PS2 | PS1 | |
| 6 | 24 | T | Composite Plates | Shear Effects, Intro. Aniso Plates | ||
| 7 | 26 | R | Specially Orthotropic Plates | PS3 | PS2 | |
| 8 | Mar 3 | T | Composites, Composite Plate Eqs. | |||
| 9 | 5 | R | Navier Solutions, Energy Methods | PS4 | PS3 | |
| 10 | 10 | T | Membrane Shell Theory | Eqs and BCs, Spherical Shells | ||
| 11 | 12 | R | Displacement Form, Edge Effects | PS5 | PS4 | |
| 12 | 17 | T | Stresses, Non-sym Loads, Displacements | |||
| Q | 19 | R | QUIZ I | PS5 | ||
| V | 24 | T | SPRING | |||
| V | 26 | R | BREAK | |||
| 13 | 31 | T | Plate Buckling | Concept of elastic stability. Energy vs. adjacent equilibrium method. Trafftz criterion. | ||
| 14 | Apr 2 | R | Buckling analysis of plates. Effect of aspect ratio and boundary conditions. | PS6 | ||
| 15 | 7 | T | Buckling of sections. Cold-form profiles. Stiffeners and stringers. | |||
| 16 | 9 | R | Ultimate Strength of Plates | Von Karman effective width theory, experimental verification. | PS7 | PS6 |
| 17 | 14 | T | Thick plates, plastic buckling, Stowell theory. Ultimate Strength of box sections. | |||
| 18 | 16 | R | Buckling of Cylindrical Shells | Derivation of Donnells equations. Special cases | PS8 | PS7 |
| V | 21 | T | PATRIOTS DAY | |||
| 19 | 23 | R | Bending vs. membrane effects. Effects of edges and localized loads. | PS9 | PS8 | |
| 20 | 28 | T | Stability of cylindrical shells. Typical loading cases. Non-uniqueness of buckling modes. | |||
| 21 | 30 | R | Buckling of imperfect shells. Comparison with experiments. Knock-down factor. Design formulas. | PS10 | PS9 | |
| 22 | May 5 | T | Advanced Topics | Failure and post-failure of cylinders | ||
| 23 | 7 | R | Crush behavior and energy absorption of tubes | PS10 | ||
| 24 | 12 | T | Crashworthiness of land, aerospace, and sea vehicles | |||
| Q | 14 | R | QUIZ II |