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University Excused Absences:  Student Rule 7.1

Extended Excused Absences: Student Rule 7.3

My extended excused absences:

1. Job interviews
2. Career Fair
3. Participation in functions for student advancement in career goals
4. Just about anything that really makes sense.  Discuss with professor, preferably before the absence.

What to do:

1. Check with me to see if it is excused, unless listed above.
2. Write NOT LATE – EXCUSED on the top right corner of the assignment/assignments.
3. Bring it to class and have me initial it.
4. Hang on to it until the next time the SUBMIT folder shows up, and hand it in then, with everyone else’s submissions.
5. If you put it under my door, it will be discarded by the cleaning people.
6. If  you put it on my desk it will stay there for about 4 years and you can pick it up then.
7. If you put it in my mailbox it will be put on my desk with the same result as point 6 above.

From: Joy@1.ag
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 9:12 PM
To: Lowery Jr, Lee L <https://lowery.engr.tamu.edu/>
Subject: CVEN 446 Final Exam

Dr. Lowery,

I am struggling to figure out exactly how to study for your final. I looked on the syllabus and it read that “The final will cover only through that material we were able to cover in class, whatever that turns out to be, with some emphasis on the material after Quiz B.” How would you recommend that we study for the final? Also, how do you recommend budgeting our time based off of material from Quiz B and before? Finally, will we have a chance to pick up our assignments before the final exam?

Very Respectfully,

Joy

Corps of Cadets, Texas A&M University

Howdy Joy:

First I would you suggest you go over the printed notes we made during class.  Those are things that I know you have been shown how to do, unless you didn’t come to class, were texting, sleeping, discussing your recent date with your neighbor, trying to get a date with your neighbor, …

Second I would suggest you review the old exams given in past years.  There are dozens of them listed on the Syllabus.  If you see a pattern of me always giving a NSR, GSY, U problem, then the chances of one of those is high.  Knowing that is of course no guarantee of having one, since I will also see that, and figure you will work on that, and so I might as well not give one this semester.

Third I would go through the textbook homework problems and rework any that you copied from the solution manual or a friend, and pretty well understood but were a little shaky on.

Fourth, go to the class notes and videos given on any day you missed class while picking up your senior ring, when your alarm failed to go off, …  If the video for your section that day failed, watch the video for the other section.  If both videos failed, at least go over the class notes and try and see what was covered.

Fifth, you should not obsess over this class such that you raise you current grade of C to a B, and in the process lower your Thermo grade from a C to an F.  You are an engineer, or soon will be.  Use those optimization and reasoning skills which got you into this field to increase your overall goal of graduation.

Finally, yes, all homework you missed picking up earlier or which has just now been graded will be in the file cabinets directly outside my office.  You can come by and pick them up there.

I wish you good luck on our final and have enjoyed teaching you this material this semester.

L^3

Lee L. Lowery, Jr., PhD, P.E.            <><

Lectures and Notes – 2015a (Spring 2015)

Note: None of this will make sense without a text. Click here to see which text you need to make sense out of these lectures.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are having problems viewing the files, please click here.

The Lectures are MP4 for phones or computers, and Mov for Apple stuff.  You can either left-click on the Lecture files and view them or you can download them to your computer and play them from there by right-clicking “Download” then “Save Target As”, then double clicking the file name from wherever you saved it.

You will need Adobe Reader  to view the Notes files. The Notes files can be viewed by left-clicking on them or by downloading them to your computer by right-clicking and then “Save Target As.”

Please also note that the links for this semester will be from last semester until we have the class and generate the materials, and I can get them posted.

For reference, last year’s videos and notes are posted here.

No, you don’t have to go out into the blinding snow to run your class problems. Click here to access VOAL programs.

To be updated. — Click here for a short video tutorial on how to use Voal  Civil Engineering Apps Server. — To be updated to VOAL.

Mechanics of Materials

Spring 2015 – C. E. Room 110

MWF 8:00am – 8:50am – CRN: 10723

Office Hours:

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.

• Click here for my office hours

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.

Help Desk: Tutoring hours for help in the class can be found here

Yo get to the help desk in the CE Building, go to the basement and turn right. It’s the first door on the right. Room 030 CE Building

Textbook: The textbook is excellent – one of the best:

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

Looking for a used textbook? ISBN number:  9780073398235 but I don’t think you can get into the computer-graded homework problems now used in this class.

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 or MEEN 221 or equivalent, and completed MATH 251.

Course Assessment:

• Graded weekly exams: Weekly quizzes 1 through 13, depending on how many we take = 60% of final grade
• Graded homework assignments, Readiness Assessment Tests (RATs, in-class pop tests), Class Participation, Attendance, Projects (all of equal value unless stated otherwise at the time of assignment) 10% of final grade
• Final exam: 30% of final grade

Syllabus Information:

• Homework
• Format for Exams and Quizzes
• Where to get help for 305
• Grading
• Major Exams
• Make-up exams
• Attendance
• Illness
• Academic Dishonesty Policy
• Finally, click here!

Resources available to the student:

• Instructor of record: Dr. Lee L. Lowery, Jr.
• TA Help Desk Schedule
• eCampus.tamu.edu   <—- TO GET YOUR GRADES
• See Dr. Beason’s excellent videos – password = videos
• Computer software (Excel, EES)
• EES (Engineering Equation Solver)  What it is, how to get it, video example on using it, user’s manual, short tutorial
• Computers in the Civil Engineering Computer Labs
• Old Exams and this semester’s exam solutions
• Chances of making what grade in Lowery’s 305 class after Quiz A and after Quiz B
• Spring 2016 class video lectures and notes posted during this semester.
• Please note: Use of videos.
• Summer 2015 class video lectures and notes
• Tutoring help and use of the solution manual   <—– for 2016 Spring semester
• Access to the Civil Engineering Apps Server
• Some good videos on plane stress, principal stresses, Mohr’s circle, failure theories, pressure vessels
• Typical point deductions you can expect on exams and pop quizzes
• FAQ: Quick Answers to student questions
• Class seating Chart
• Video examples – Strength of materials problems and some by Dr. Beason
• Equation sheets – Print out and bring on Wednesdays for the final exam, weekly exams and pop quizzes, unless the equations are on the exams themselves.

The correct time (to the nanosecond)

Course Schedule:

Weekly minor exams: Weekly quizzes will be given during the last half of each Wednesday, when we  have one (not always, but be prepared).

Noted on 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.

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 a few videos before coming to class.  These video assignments can be accessed by going to http://ceprofs.tamu.edu/lbeason/Password.html.  The password is “videos”.  They are also listed in the Video column below.  In each case, you should print out the notes, and then view the following videos.  Again, in my case I have to use Firefox to view the videos.  I am told Chrome also works.  IE may work for you if Flash works on your computer.  If you get Flash here BE SURE to unclick their “Optional Offer” garbage before installing it.

Please note.

When watching the videos, if you have questions at any point please note the time in the video.  If you simply say “You mentioned something called Izero and I don’t know what that is and can’t tell where you got it” I really don’t know whether it was for a parabola or a rectangle or what.

Please note the time in the video tape where the question arose, and the date (12/15/16?) and class (CVEN 345?) and the semester number if not this semester, so that I can quickly see exactly what you are asking about.

Thanks,

L^3

Lectures and Notes – 2015a (Spring 2015)

Note: None of this will make sense without a text. Click here to see which text you need to make sense out of these lectures.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are having problems viewing the files, please click here.

The Lectures are MP4 for phones or computers, and Mov for Apple stuff.  You can either left-click on the Lecture files and view them or you can download them to your computer and play them from there by right-clicking “Download” then “Save Target As”, then double clicking the file name from wherever you saved it.

You will need Adobe Reader  to view the Notes files. The Notes files can be viewed by left-clicking on them or by downloading them to your computer by right-clicking and then “Save Target As.”

Please also note that the links below will actually be from last semester until we have had the class and generate the materials, and until I can replace them with this semester’s class.  Thus you can see what we did last year during class 21 by clicking below, and when we have this year’s class 21, I will replace it with this year’s.

For reference, last year’s videos and notes are posted here.

• Sorry, we no longer have a license for students to get copies of EES.  You have to go to https://coe-connect.engr.tamu.edu/ and run it from there:

Log In using your Howdy login.

After Logging in you get:

Then click on ACCEPT.

Then sign in with your Howdy Login

You will then see the EES icon on the 9th row, on the first column (depends on your screen, just look around for it).

Click on it and EES will then run.

Click here for the EES user’s manual

Online video help with the use of EES – Engineering Equation Solver (Study of a Bolted Connection):

Note that these examples were done on an earlier version of EES so some things may look different, but it is close enough to see how the program works.

• MP4 presentation
• AVI Presentation

SHORT TUTORIAL