Instructors

• Professor Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, Room 5-428, x3-4555, nmp@mit.edu
• Professor Jerome Connor, Room 1-238, x3-8435, jjconnor@mit.edu
• Professor Tomasz Wierzbicki, Room 5-218A, x3-2104, wierz@mit.edu
• Dr. David Burke, Room 5-324A, x8-8764, dvburke@mit.edu

Teaching Assistant

• Mr. KwangHee Ko, Room 5-435, 3-7798, khko@mit.edu
  Office Hours : Monday 5-7 PM

Course Schedule

• Lectures (13.10J, 13.014) : Monday and Wednesday 2:30-4:00 AM, Room 5-134
• Recitation & Laboratory
  • 13.10J/1.573J :
    • Rec : Tuesday 4-5 PM, Room 5-134
  • 13.014 :
    • Rec : Tuesday 3-5PM, Room 1-379
    • Lab : Tuesday 3-5PM, Room 5-007

Course announcements frequently by email. Please read your email daily.

Credit

• 13.10J/1.573J : H-Level, 4-0-8 units
• 13.014 : U-Level 4-1-7 units

Prerequisites

• Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations (18.03)
• Elementary Mechanics of Materials (2.001)

Grading Policy

• Final Open Book Exam
  • 13.014 : 40%
  • 1.052 : 40%
  • 13.10J/1.573J : 45%
• Two, two hour quizzes (with one sheet of formulae)
  (Excuses should be directed to Prof. Patrikalakis)
  • 13.014 : 30% (15% each)
  • 1.052 : 40% (20% each)
  • 13.10J/1.573J : 30% (15% each)
• Homework (Individual Effort)
  • 13.014 : 30% (Homeworks and Laboratories)
  • 1.052 : 20% (Homeworks)
  • 13.10J/1.573J : 25%
  Homework usually assigned each Wednesday and due the following Wednessday (unless otherwise specified). Graded homework will be returned the following Wednesday. There is a penalty for late homework. Excuses should be directed to the TA in advance. Our plan for homework is as follows.

  Schedule for Homework
  Problem Set	Out	Due
  1	Sep. 6	Sep. 13
  2	Sep. 13	Sep. 20
  3	Sep. 20	Sep. 27
  4	Sep. 27	Oct. 4
  5	Oct. 4	Oct. 11
  6	Oct. 11	Oct. 18
  7	Oct. 18	Oct. 25
  8	Oct. 25	Nov. 1
  9	Nov. 1	Nov. 8
  10	Nov. 8	Nov. 15
  11	Nov. 15	Nov. 22
  12	Nov. 22	Nov. 29
  13	Nov. 29	Dec. 6

Final Exam

• Tuesday, December 19 from 9-12AM in Room 5-134

Required Textbook Available at Coop

• "Introduction to Solid Mechanics", by I. H. Shames and J.M. Pitarresi, 3rd edition, 2000, Prentice Hall, NJ.

Further Course Material

• Copies of some of the lecture notes, advanced material and marine and civil applications will be handed out in class. Please make a check payable to MIT in the amount of $25 to cover this cost.

Web Site

• http://deslab.MIT.edu/DesignLab/courses/13.10/Fall2000/1310.html

Web Site Access

• Registered students and registered subject listeners will get login ID and password by email to access problem sets and other class materials.