Applied Stress Analysis

                                                        SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department

Classes:            Monday and Wednesday 4 – 5:15 pm, Room: E333

Class code:     61227

Final Exam:     Wednesday, December 17, 2000,  2:45 – 5:00 pm

Prerequisites:     Consent of Instructor

Required Text:   Advanced Strength and Applied Stress Analysis, 2^nd Ed., by Richard G. Budynas,

                         McGraw Hill, 1999.

Grading:           Homework – 25%, 2 Midterms – 40% (20% each), Final Exam. – 35%    

Homework Assignments:  Weekly reading of the text and homework problems.

            Note:    Late homework assignments will not be accepted!

Tentative Course Outline:

Week/Date                                           Topics

1       8/25        Force, Stress, Strain, and Displacement (Chapter 1)

2       9/1          Stress-Strain Relations, Mohr’s Circle, Transformations, (Chapter 2)

3       9/8          Equilibrium and Compatibility Equations (Chapter 2 and Chapter 3)

4       9/15        Formulations of Stress, Strain, and Deflection for Structural Members (Chapter 3)

5       9/22        Theory of Elasticity (Chapter 4)

6       9/29        Theory of Elasticity (Chapter 4)

7       10/6        Advanced Mechanics of Materials (Chapter 5)

8      10/13       Advanced Mechanics of Materials (Chapter 5)

9     10/20        Creep (Handout)

10     10/27      Creep (Handout)

11     11/3        Creep (Handout)

12     11/10      Fracture Mechanics (Chapter 7)

13     11/17      Fracture Mechanics and Crack Growth Analysis (Chapter 7)

14     12/24      Energy Methods in Stress Analysis (Chapter 6)

15     12/1        Energy Methods in Stress Analysis (Chapter 6)

16     12/8        Review