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Unified Engineering: Materials and Structures

5-1-6 units. REST · Undergraduate

Presents fundamental principles and methods of materials and structures for aerospace engineering, and engineering analysis and design concepts applied to aerospace systems. Topics include statics; analysis of trusses; analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate systems; stress-strain behavior of materials; analysis of beam bending, buckling, and torsion; material and structural failure, including plasticity, fracture, fatigue, and their physical causes. Experiential lab and aerospace system projects provide additional aerospace context.

Fall 2021

This course presents fundamental principles and methods of materials and structures for aerospace engineering, and engineering analysis and design concepts applied to aerospace systems. The topics include statics; analysis of trusses; analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate systems; stress-strain behavior of materials; analysis of beam bending, buckling, and torsion; and material and structural failure, including plasticity, fracture, fatigue, and their physical causes. Experiential lab and aerospace system projects provide additional aerospace context.

Readings

  • [CDL] = S. Crandall, N. Dahl, et al., An Introduction to the Mechanics of Solids (In SI Units) , McGraw-Hill, 1978. ISBN: 9781259006531.
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  • [AJ] = M. F. Ashby and D. R. H. Jones, Engineering Materials 1: An Introduction to Their Properties and Applications , Pergamon Press, 1980. ISBN: 9780080261393.
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  • R. Hibbeler, Engineering Mechanics: Statics (any recent edition), Pearson. ISBN: 9780132915540. [Free eBook from the Internet Archive] [Additional information and access via Open Library] ↗
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  • R. Hibbeler, Mechanics of Materials (any recent edition), Pearson. ISBN: 9780134319650.
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  • M. F. Ashby and D. R. H. Jones, Engineering Materials 2: An Introduction to Microstructures and Processing , Pergamon Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780080325323.
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  • M. F. Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design , Pergamon Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780750627276.
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  • W. Bickford, Mechanics of Solids: Concepts and Applications , Irwin, 1993. ISBN: 9780256114256.
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  • S. Crandall, N. Dahl, et al., An Introduction to the Mechanics of Solids (In SI Units) , McGraw-Hill, 1978. ISBN: 9781259006531.
    Listed reading
  • M. F. Ashby and D. R. H. Jones, Engineering Materials 1: An Introduction to Their Properties and Applications , Pergamon Press, 1980. ISBN: 9780080261393.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: Calculus II (GIR) and Physics I (GIR) ; Coreq: 16.002 and 18.03 U (Fall) 5-1-6 units. REST

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