TAM 211

TAM 211 - Statics

Spring 2025

Title	Rubric	Section	CRN	Type	Hours	Times	Days	Location	Instructor
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	AD2	36206	DIS	0	0900 - 0950	T	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	AD3	36207	DIS	0	1000 - 1050	T	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	AD4	36208	DIS	0	1100 - 1150	T	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	AD5	36209	DIS	0	1200 - 1250	T	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	AD6	36210	DIS	0	1300 - 1350	T	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	AD7	36211	DIS	0	1300 - 1350	W	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	AD8	38775	DIS	0	1400 - 1450	W	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	AD9	58234	DIS	0	1500 - 1550	W	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	ADA	63234	DIS	0	1600 - 1650	W	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	ADB	63235	DIS	0	1700 - 1750	W	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Introduction to Statics	TAM210	AE1	36212	LCD	2	1100 - 1150	M W F	112 Gregory Hall	Kellie Halloran
Statics	TAM211	AD2	36214	DIS	0	0900 - 0950	T	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Statics	TAM211	AD3	36215	DIS	0	1000 - 1050	T	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Statics	TAM211	AD4	36216	DIS	0	1100 - 1150	T	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Statics	TAM211	AD5	36217	DIS	0	1200 - 1250	T	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Statics	TAM211	AD6	36218	DIS	0	1300 - 1350	T	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Statics	TAM211	AD7	36219	DIS	0	1300 - 1350	W	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Statics	TAM211	AD8	38776	DIS	0	1400 - 1450	W	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Statics	TAM211	AD9	58237	DIS	0	1500 - 1550	W	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Statics	TAM211	ADA	63237	DIS	0	1600 - 1650	W	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Statics	TAM211	ADB	63238	DIS	0	1700 - 1750	W	0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg
Statics	TAM211	AE1	36220	LCD	3	1100 - 1150	M W F	112 Gregory Hall	Kellie Halloran

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Web Page

https://courses.grainger.illinois.edu/tam210/fa2024/

Official Description

Forces, moments, and couples; resultants of force systems; equilibrium analysis and free-body diagrams; analysis of forces acting on members of trusses, frames, etc.; shear-force and bending-moment distributions; Coulomb friction; centroids, center of mass, moment of inertia, polar moment of inertia, and product of inertia; virtual work; hydrostatic pressure; applications of statics in design. Course Information: Credit is not given for both TAM 211 and TAM 210. Prerequisite: PHYS 211; credit or concurrent registration in either MATH 241 OR MATH 257. Class Schedule Information: Students must register for one discussion and one lecture section.

Detailed Course Description

Forces, moments, and couples; resultants of force systems; equilibrium analysis and free-body diagrams; analysis of forces acting on members of trusses, frames, etc.; shear-force and bending-moment distributions; Coulomb friction; centroids, center of mass, moment of inertia, polar moment of inertia, and product of inertia; virtual work; hydrostatic pressure; applications of statics in design. Credit is not given for both TAM 211 and TAM 210. Prerequisite: PHYS 211; credit or concurrent registration in MATH 241. undergraduate 3 hours.

Topics:

Review of vector algebra (2 hr)
Forces, moments, couples (2 hr)
Equilibrium, equipollent systems, resultants, distributed forces (5 hr)
Equilibrium analysis, free-body diagrams, practical examples (6 hr)
Trusses, methods of joint and sections (3 hr)
Multi-force members, shear-force and bending-moment diagrams (4 hr)
Statics and structural design (1 hr)
Coulomb friction, applications (3 hr)
Centroids and center of mass (2 hr)
Method of composite parts (2 hr)
Moments of inertia, polar moment of inertia, radius of gyration, product of inertia, parallel-axis theorem (4 hr)
Virtual work (3 hr)
Hydrostatic pressure, design considerations (3 hr)
Hour exams (3)
TOTAL HOURS: 44

ME: Suitable substitute for TAM 210.

EM: Required.

Last updated

9/19/2018