MIT
Department of Ocean Engineering

13.10J/1.573J Introduction to Structural Mechanics
Units: 4-0-8
Fall 1999


Tentative Lecture Schedule
Fall 1999

Homeworks assigned every Thursday are due the next Thursday unless otherwise noted.

LEGEND: NMP=Nicholas M Patrikalakis JC=Jerome Connor TA=KwangHee Ko
Parentheses () indicate page number ranges in textbook

September 1999
7
Registration Day; no class
9
Lecture: Introduction, Forces, Free Body Diagrams, Stresses (1-34) [NMP]
Recitation: Introduction, Athena, MATLAB [TA]
14
Lecture: 3D Stress (467-498) [NMP]
16
Lecture: Concept of Strain (35-66, 499-513) [NMP]
Recitation: Mechanical Properties of Solids (67-98) [TA]
21
Lecture:1-d Problems (99-139), Transformation Equations for Strain (499-513) [NMP]
Recitation: Review of Matrices [Notes]
23
Lecture:Multidimensional stress-strain relations (140-167)[NMP]
Recitation: Review of 3D stress/strain, Exercises [TA]
28
Lecture:Strain Energy (140-167), Plane Stress (168-199) [NMP]
30
Lecture: Plain Strain (200-222) [NMP]
Recitation: Quiz Review [TA]













October 1999
5
Lecture: Cables (additional notes)[NMP]
7
Lecture: Mechanics of Beams [NMP] (243-307)
Recitation: QUIZ #1 -- 4 - 5:30 PM, closed book [TA]
12
Lecture: Deflections of Beams [NMP] (369-405)
14
Lecture: Deflections of Beams continued (369-405) [NMP]
Advanced Mechanics of Symmetric Beams (299-314, 392-395) [NMP]
Recitation: Exercises [TA]
19
Lecture: Advanced Mechanics of Symmetric Beams (299-314, 392-395) [NMP]
21
Lecture: Advanced Mechanics of Complex Beams [NMP] (314-368, notes)
Recitation: Exercises [TA]
26
Lecture: Advanced Mechanics of Complex Beams [NMP] 314-368, notes)
28
Lecture: Advanced Mechanics of Complex Beams, Torsion [NMP] (426-466, Notes)
Recitation: Exercises and Sigularity Functions [TA]











November 1999

2
Lecture: Torsion, Analytical Solutions from Theory of Elasticity, Stress Concentration, St. Venant's Principle (notes) [NMP]
4
Lecture: Torsion, Analytical Solutions from Theory of Elasticity, Stress Concentration, St. Venant's Principle (notes) [NMP]
Recitation: Quiz Review [TA]
9
Lecture: Failure Criteria [Guest Lecturer] (223-242, notes)
11
NO CLASS -- Veterans Day
16
Lecture: Elastic Stability of Columns [JC] (514-549)
18
Lecture: Elastic Stability of Columns [JC]
Recitation: QUIZ #2, 4 - 5:30 PM, closed-book [TA]
23
Lecture: Energy Methods I [JC] (550-584 + notes)
25
NO CLASS -- Thanksgiving Day
30
Lecture: Energy Methods I [JC] (550-584 + notes)

























December 1999
2
Lecture: Energy Methods II [JC] (585-611)
Recitation: Exercises [TA]
7
Lecture: Energy Methods II [JC] (585-611)
9
LAST CLASS
Lecture: Rayleigh Ritz/Galerkin Methods (notes),
Computational Structural Mechanics [JC] (612-639 + notes)
Recitation: Final Exam Review [TA]



FINAL EXAM: 5-233, 9AM-12AM, Wednesday, December 15th