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