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MAE 131A/SE 110A
SOLID MECHANICS 1
Fall 2009
Instructor:
 
 Professor
Sia
Nemat­Nasser


[sia@ucsd.edu]

 
 858
534‐4914
Office
Hours:
Tuesday;
5:00‐6:00;
4209
EBUI
Assistant:
Lauri
Jacobs‐Cohantz
[ljacobs@ucsd.edu]

 858
534‐5930
Lectures
and

 Tuesday
and
Thursday;
3:30
‐
4:50;
CENTER
216
Problem
Solving:
 Thursday;
5:00
–
5:50;
CENTER
216
TA:
 
 
 Mr.
Edgar
Pozos
[epozos@ucsd.edu]
Office
Hour:

Monday
and
Wednesday
11:30‐12:30;
U409
Room
102
Text:
 
 
 Mechanics
of
Materials,
5 th 
Edition.
Authors:
Beer,
Johnston,
DeWolf
Class
Website:











http://webct.ucsd.edu
Course
Content:
Introduction:
What
you
will
learn
in
this
course
Chapter
1:
 Concept
of
Stress:
normal
stress,
shear
stress
Chapter
2:
 Concept
of
Strain:
normal
strain,
shear
strain;
Hooke’s
Law:
modulus
of
elasticity;
statically
indeterminate
problems
Chapter
3:

 Torsion
Chapter
4
&
5:
Pure
Bending
Chapter
6:
 Shearing
Stresses
in
Beams
Chapter
7:
 Elements
of
Stress
and
Strain
Transformations
Chapter
8:
 Design
of
Beams
under
Combined
Loading
Chapter
9:
 Deflection
of
Beams
Chapter
10:
 Column
Buckling
GENERAL
 COMMENTS:
 Students
 are
 responsible
 for
 all
 the
 material
 that
 is
 covered
 in
 the
 class.
 The
lectures
generally
follow
the
indicated
sections
of
the
text.
Note:
If
you
anticipate
that
you
will
not
be
able
to
be
present
on
the
dates
shown
in
the
syllabus
for
the
exams,
you
are
advised
to
drop
the
course
now
and
take
it
in
the
future,
as
there
will
be
no
make­up
mid­terms
or
final
exam
allowed
under
any
circumstances.

The
grades
for
missed
homework
or
exams
will
be
zero.
HOMEWORK
PROBLEMS:
(10%
of
course
grade).

Homework
problems
will
be
assigned
weekly
and
will
be
due
at
the
beginning
of
class
on
the
following
Tuesday
(see
Syllabus
for
due‐dates).
You
are
strongly
encouraged
to
do
the
homework
problems
to
learn
the
subject
and
to
prepare
for
the
examinations.
The
assigned
 readings
 will
 help
 with
 learning
 and
 with
 the
 homework
 problems.
 
 Solutions
 to
 homework
problems
will
be
posted
on
the
class
website
on
the
Thursday
following
the
due
date.

Graded
homework
will
be
available
the
following
week,
outside
of
the
4200
Engineering
Building
1
pod.

Missing
and
late
returns
will
receive
zero
credit.
EXAMS:

(Two
Midterms
each
25%
of
course
grade;
Final
exam
40%
of
course
grade).
Exams
will
be
closed
book.
 You
 may
 bring
 to
 the
 exams
 a
 one‐page
 (8
 1/2x11)
 hand‐written
 (not
 xeroxed
 or
 printed)
sheet
 of
 notes,
 and
 you
 may
 use
 a
 calculator.
 Exams
 will
 be
 based
 on
 material
 covered
 in
 lectures.
Therefore
you
are
strongly
encouraged
to
attend
lectures,
take
good
notes,
and
read
the
text.
Solutions
to

midterms
will
be
posted
on
the
class
website
the
day
following
the
mid‐term.
REGRADES
 will
 be
 accepted
 within
 48
 hrs.
 from
 the
 time
 the
 graded
 assignment
 or
 exam
 is
 returned.
Attach
a
note
clearly
explaining
what
you
think
should
be
regraded
and
why
and
turn
in
the
regrade
request
at
the
beginning
of
class.
All
graded
exams
and
homeworks
will
be
placed
outside
of
the
4200
pod
 of
 Engineering
 Building­I.
 It
 is
 your
 responsibility
 to
 retrieve
 your
 graded
 work
 in
 a
 timely
manner
if
you
wish
to
have
a
chance
to
ask
for
possible
regrading.
LECTURES
AND
PROBLEM
SOLVING:
There
will
be
a
Lecture
on
Tuesday
3:30
–
4:50
and
Lecture/Problem‐
Solving
on
Thursday
3:30
‐
5:50,
with
a
10
minute
break.
Do
not
be
surprised
if
an
already
solved
problem
is
given
as
an
exam
problem.
And
the
midterms
and
final
exam
will
contain
new
problems
not
taken
directly
from
the
textbook.
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