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CVEN 305-508 Syllabus Spring 2018a

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Mechanics of Materials

Spring 2018a – HEB(Old C.E.) Room 219

MW 4:10pm – 5:25pm CRN:22395

 

Professor: Lee L. Lowery, Jr., PhD, P.E.

Office: CVLB Building, Room 705c
Phone: 979-845-4395 (Office), 979-775-5401 (Home)
e-mail: Lowery@tamu.edu

 

 

 

Office Hours:

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NOTE: Office hours listed below are suspended on the days before major exams and finals, giving me time to make them out.  Do not wait until the day before a major exam for help, unless the tutor has office hours and can help you on that day, or plan to see me earlier in the week.

It will always be in your best interest to call to make sure I have not been unexpectedly called out before you come by, unless you are already in the area.

Click here to activate your text, and for other information peculiar to this class.

Teaching Associates:  See list on Help Desk: 

HELP DESK HOURS – Spring 2018  It will be held from ~8 to 5 in the old πR2 dining room, first floor of the 8 story Dwight Look Office Building (formerly the CE/TTI  building).  Has a sign on the desk: Help Desk CVEN Mechanics.  They run a full-blown help desk for our class.

Textbook: It would be best that you not get a text until you attend class the first day.

The textbook is excellent – one of the best, but you need only the computer-graded homework part.   An electronic version of the text is included with that.  See the syllabus below.

  • Beer, Ferdinand P., E. Russell Johnston, Jr., John T. DeWolf, and David F. Mazurek. Mechanics of Materials. 7th Edition. McGraw-Hill.

Catalog Description:

Stress/deformation relationships for continuous media to structural members; axially loaded members; thin-walled pressure vessels; torsional and flexural members; shear; moment; deflection of members; combined loadings; stability of columns; non-symmetrical bending, shear center; indeterminate members; elastic foundations. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of CVEN 221 or equivalent (Statics).

Course Objectives:

  • To introduce students to applications of stress and deformation relationships for structural members subjected to axial, torsional, and bending loads, and thin-walled pressure vessels.  Students will study stress and deformation of structural members under combined loadings, stability of columns, nonsymmetrical bending, including indeterminate members.

Learning Outcomes – This course emphasizes the following ABET Learning Outcomes. Note that the letters refer to those used by ABET.

  • (a) Ability to apply knowledge of basic mathematics, science, and engineering.

Course Prerequisites:

To take CVEN 305, you must have been admitted to upper level in Civil Engineering, and have received a passing grade (no D’s, F’s or I’s) in CVEN 221, MEEN 221, or equivalent, and completed MATH 251.

Lecture:  MW 4:10 to 5:25 in HEB Room 219

Instructor Information: Lee L. Lowery, Jr., PhD, P.E.

Textbook: Electronic Version as discussed later of Beer, Ferdinand P., E. Russell Johnston, Jr., John T. DeWolf, and David F. Mazurek. 2015. Mechanics of Materials. Seventh Edition. McGraw-Hill.

Course Assessment:

  • Graded weekly exams: Weekly quizzes 1 through at least 10, or more, depending on how many we can fit into the semester.  They are worth 60% of your final grade.
  • Computer graded homework assignments, Readiness Assessment Tests (RATs, in-class pop tests if any), 10% of your final grade.
  • Final exam: 30% of your final grade.
  • Standard cutoff points: A >= 90.000, B >= 80.000, C >= 70.000, D >= 60.000, F = lower than 60.000.  These are guaranteed letter grades should you get them.

Syllabus Information:

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Resources available to the student:

The correct time (to the nanosecond)

Course Schedule:

Weekly minor exams: Weekly quizzes, when given, will be given during the last half of Wednesday’s class (not always, but be prepared). You may bring a copy of the 305 equations sheet attached here.****

Notes on your Homework:

The homework assignments may have to be modified from that shown below, depending on our progress during the semester.  Please check the list for changes each day before you work them.  Also note that you MUST submit your answers before the deadline due date stated.  

Notes on required viewing of videos:

Quite a few of the homework problems normally assigned in this class have been dropped and replaced in favor of viewing some videos before coming to class.  These video assignments can be accessed by going to http://www.michaelsbrackin.com/cven305/.  The password is “videos” and is case sensitive.  They are also listed in the Video column below.  In each case, you should print out the notes, and then view the videos that follow the notes.  Again, in my case I have to use Firefox to view them.  I am told Chrome also works.  IE may work for you if Flash works on your computer.  If you install Flash BE SURE to unclick their “Optional Offer” trash before installing it.

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