Materials and Structures
Spring 2007

Professor Paul A. Lagace

Room 33-310
phone: 617-253-3628
pal@mit.edu

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

Syllabus

Textbooks:

Crandall, Dahl and Lardner, An Introduction to the Mechanics of Solids, SI version, McGraw-Hill, 1978
      (Referrred to as CDL).
M. F. Ashby and D. R. H. Jones, Engineering Materials 1, Pergamon Press, 1980 (or later version).
      (Referred to as A&J)

The following books are also useful references:

M. F. Ashby and D. R. H. Jones, Engineering Materials 2, Pergamon Press, 1986 (or later version).
      (Polymers, metal alloys)
M. F. Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Pergamon Press, 1992 (or later version)
      (Materials selection and design)
Bickford, Mechanics of Solids, Irwin, 1993

Unit Number
Title
Readings
Planned Lectures/(Dates)
Supplemental Material
BLOCK 4: STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF SLENDER MEMBERS (1-D)
M4.1
Summary of Equations of Elasticity
CDL 5.6
M1
(3/5)

M4.2

Rods: Stresses and Deflection
CDL 3.1
M1, M2, M3
(3/5, 3/6, 3/7)
M4.3

Statics of Beams

CDL 3.2-3.6
CDL 3.8
(extension to 3-D)

M3, M4, M5, M6
(3/7, 3/9, 3/12, 3/14)
M4.4
Simple Beam Theory
CDL 7.1-7.5, 8.1, 8.2
M6, M7, M8
(3/14, 3/16, 3/19)
HO-M-8
Summary of Simple Beam Theory
M4.5
Solutions for Various Beams
CDL 7.6, 8.1-8.5
M8, M9, M10
(3/19, 3/20, 3/21)
HO-M-9
For Common Cross-Sections

 

Q4M Concept Review Sheet

 

M4.6

Torsion of Rods/Shafts
CDL 6.1-6.5
M11, M12
(5/1, 5/2)
M4.7
The Column and Buckling
CDL 9.1-9.4
CDL 9.5, 9.6
M13, M14, M15
(5/4, 5/7, 5/9)
M4.8
Final Notes on 1-D Structural Members
M15
(5/9)
BLOCK 5: FAILURE: THE MATERIAL'S ROLE
M5.1
Material Failure/Strength
A&J 8, 11, 17
CDL 5.2, 5.3, 5.8, 5.18
M16, M17
(5/11, 5/14)
 
M5.2
Physical Origins of Failure/Strength

A&J 9, 10, 18, 19

M17, M18
(5/14, 5/15)
 
M5.3
Yield (and Failure) Criteria

CDL 5.11, 5.13, 6.9

M18, M19
(5/15, 5/16)

 

 

 

M5.4
(Overview:)
Other Considerations in Failure
A&J 13, 14, 15, 16
CDL 5.9, 5.14, 5.15
A&J 17-27

M19
(5/16)

 

 

Q7M Concept Review Sheet