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APPLIED MECHANICS<br />
APPLIED MECHANICS<br />
PROFESSOR: FREDERIC vV. HINIIICHS, JR.<br />
INSTRUCTOR: FRED J. CONVERSE<br />
TEACHING FELLOWS: DONALD P. BARNES, C. HAWI.EY CARTWRIGHT,<br />
THOl\IAS H. EVANS<br />
UNDERGRADUATE SUBJECTS<br />
AM. 1 a, b. ApPLIED MECHANICS. 14 units (4-3-7); first and second<br />
terms.<br />
Prerequisites: Ma. 1 a, b, c, g a, b, c, d; Ph. 1 a, b, c, g a, b, c, d.<br />
Action <strong>of</strong> forces on rigid bodies; composition and resolution <strong>of</strong><br />
forces; equilibrium, couples, framed structures; cords and chains; centroids;<br />
displacement; velocity and acceleration; translation, rotation, and<br />
plane motion; moments <strong>of</strong> inertia; inertia forces; kinetic and potential<br />
energy; work and energy; impulse and momentum; impact; power;<br />
efficiency.<br />
Text: Seely and Ensign's Analytical Mechanics for Engineers.<br />
Instructors: Hinrichs, Converse, Cartwright, Evans.<br />
AM. 1 c. STRENGTH OF MATERIALS. 14 units (4-3-7); third term.<br />
Prerequisite: AM. I a, b.<br />
Elasticity and strength <strong>of</strong> materials <strong>of</strong> construction; theory <strong>of</strong><br />
stresses and strains; elastic limit; yield point; ultimate strength; safe<br />
loads; repeated stresses; beams; cylinders; shafts; columns; riveted<br />
joints; structural shapes.<br />
Texts: Poorman's Strength <strong>of</strong> Materials, and Steel Construction,<br />
A. I. S. C.<br />
Instructors: Hinrichs, Converse, Cartwright, Evans.<br />
AM. g a, b. ApPLIED MECHANICS AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS. 1:2<br />
units (4-0-8); first and second terms.<br />
Prerequisites: Ma. I a, b, c, g a, b, c, d; Ph. I a, b, c, g a, b, c, d.<br />
An abridged course for students electing the Chemical Engineering<br />
Option in the Science Course, condensing in the work <strong>of</strong> two terms as<br />
much as possible <strong>of</strong> the general field outlined above in AM. 1 a, b, c.<br />
Texts: "Wood's Text-book <strong>of</strong> Mechanics; Poorman's Strength <strong>of</strong> Materials;<br />
and Steel Construction, A. I. S. C.<br />
Instructor: Barnes.<br />
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