Class Schedule

A&AE 204 Aeromechanics II
Professor William A. Crossley
tentatively scheduled for Fall 2002

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NOTE: This schedule was used last time Prof. Crossley taught A&AE 204.
The topics will be similar for Fall 2002, but the order and dates will change as needed.

Week Number
Date
Topic
Reading Material
(Sections from Text)
Assignment
Due
1
8/21
Class 1: Course Introduction


 
8/23
Class 2: Forces and Moments
Grandt (handout): 
Chapter 1 sections I to III

 
8/25
Class 3: Moments and Force Couple Systems
Grandt (handout): 
Chapter 1 sections III toV

2
8/28
Class 4: Equilibrium and Free-Body Diagrams
Grandt (handout): 
Chapter 2 sections I to III
 
 
8/30
Class 5: 3-D Equilibrium and Strucural Analysis
Grandt (handout): 
Chapter 2 section V
HW 1
 
9/1
Class 6: Structural Analysis of Trusses
Grandt (handout): 
Chapter 2 section V
 
3
9/4
NO CLASS Labor Day
   
 
9/6
Class 7:  Frames, Internal Forces, and Distributed Loads
Grandt (handout): 
Chapter 2 sections IV and VI
HW 2
 
9/8
Class 8: Geometric Properties
Gere and Timoshenko:
12.1 through 12.6
 
4
9/11
Class 9:  Axial Stress and Strain, Mechanical Properties and Behavior
Gere and Timoshenko:
1.1 through 1.3

 
9/13
Class 10:  Material Properties and Behavior
 Gere and Timoshenko:
1.4 and 1.5
HW 3
 
9/15
Class 11: Shear Stress and Strain, Allowable Loads, Deformation
 Gere and Timoshenko:
1.6 through 1.8

5
9/18
Class 12: Axially Loaded Members
Gere and Timoshenko:
2.1 through 2.3

 
9/20
finished Class 12
 
HW 4
 
9/22
Class 13: Axial Member Topics, Stress Elements
Gere and Timoshenko:
2.4 and 2.5

6
9/25
Class 14: Inclined Sections, Strain Energy
Gere and Timoshenko:
2.6 and 2.7

 
9/27
Mid-Term Exam #1
 
 
 
9/29
Class 15: Repeated Loading and Fatigue, Stress Concentrations
 Gere and Timoshenko:
2.9 and 2.10
 
7
10/2
 finish class 15
 
 
 
10/4
 Class 16: Torsion of Circular Bars
Gere and Timoshenko:
3.1 through 3.3 
HW 5
 
10/6
Class 17: Non-Uniform Torsion
Gere and Timoshenko:
3.4
 
8
10/9
NO CLASS October Break
 
 
10/11
Class 18: Pure Shear, Moduli of Elasticity, Power Transmission
Gere and Timoshenko:
3.5 through 3.7
 
 
10/13
Class 19: Indeterminate Systems, Strain Energy in Torsion
 Gere and Timoshenko:
3.8 and 3.9
 
9
10/16
Class 20: Thin-Walled Tubes
 Gere and Timoshenko:
3.10
 
 
10/18
Class 21: Shear Force and Bending Moment
Gere and Timoshenko:
4.1, 4.2 and 4.3
HW 6
 
10/20
Class 22: Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams
 Gere and Timoshenko:
4.4 and 4.5
 
10
10/23
 Class 23: Shear and Moment, Deflection of a Beam
Gere and Timoshenko:
4.5 and 5.1 through 5.3

 
10/25
Class 24: Longitudinal Strains and Normal Stresses in Beams
 Gere and Timoshenko:
5.4 and 5.5
HW 7
 
10/27
 Class 25: Design for Bending Stress, Bending Shear Stress
Gere and Timoshenko:
5.6 through 5.8
 
11
10/30
 Class 26: Circular Cross-Section Beams, Shear Webs
Gere and Timoshenko:
5.9 and 5.10

 
11/1
 Class Review Exercise
 
 HW 8
 
11/3
 Class Review Exercise
   
12
11/6
finish Class 26 lecture / review for exam
 

11/8
Mid-Term Exam #2



11/10
Class 27: Built-Up Beams, Beams with Axial Loads
Gere and Timoshenko:
5.11 and 5.12

13
11/13
Class 28: Composite Beams
Gere and Timoshenko:
6.1 and 6.2


11/15
Class 29: Transformed Section Method
Gere and Timoshenko:
6.3
 

11/17
Class 30: Composite Beam / Transformed Section Example

HW 9
14
11/20
finish Composite Beam / Transformed Section Example



11/22
NO CLASS Thanksgiving Vacation



11/24
NO CLASS Thanksgiving Vacation


15
11/27
Class 31:  Plane Stress
Gere and Timoshenko:
7.1  and 7.2


11/29
Class 32: Principal Stresses and Maximum Shear Stress
Gere and Timoshenko:
7.3
 

12/1
Class 33: Mohr's Circle and Hooke's Law for Plane Stress
Gere and Timoshenko:
7.4 and 7.5
HW 10
16
12/4
Class 34:  Triaxial Stress and Plane Strain
Gere and Timoshenko:
7.6 and 7.7


12/6
finish notes from Class 34, course evaluations
(no new handouts)



12/8
Class 35: Plane Strain

HW 11
review session
12/12
Review Session 6:30pm to 8:30pm GRIS 170


final exam
12/13
Final Exam -10:20am to 12:20pm MSEE B012



Last modified May 29, 2001