TAM 251
TAM 251 - Introductory Solid Mechanics
Spring 2025
| Title | Rubric | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AD1 | 36242 | DIS | 0 | 1200 - 1250 | M | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AD2 | 36243 | DIS | 0 | 1300 - 1350 | M | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AD3 | 36244 | DIS | 0 | 1400 - 1450 | M | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AD4 | 36245 | DIS | 0 | 1500 - 1550 | M | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AD5 | 36246 | DIS | 0 | 1600 - 1650 | M | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AD6 | 36247 | DIS | 0 | 1100 - 1150 | M | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AD7 | 36248 | DIS | 0 | 1400 - 1450 | T | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AD8 | 36249 | DIS | 0 | 1500 - 1550 | T | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AD9 | 36250 | DIS | 0 | 1600 - 1650 | T | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | ADA | 41523 | DIS | 0 | 1700 - 1750 | T | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | ADC | 51747 | DIS | 0 | 0900 - 0950 | R | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | ADD | 59529 | DIS | 0 | 1000 - 1050 | R | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | ADE | 63233 | DIS | 0 | 1100 - 1150 | R | 0023 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg | |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AL1 | 36240 | LEC | 3 | 0900 - 0950 | M W F | 2035 Campus Instructional Facility | Callan Luetkemeyer |
| Introductory Solid Mechanics | TAM251 | AL2 | 36241 | LEC | 3 | 1000 - 1050 | M W F | 0035 Campus Instructional Facility | Varda Hagh |
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Official Description
Detailed Course Description
Relationship between internal stresses and deformations produced by external forces acting on deformable bodies, and design principles based on mechanics of solids: normal stresses, shear stresses, and deformations produced by tensile, compressive, torsional, and bending loading of members; beam deflections; elastic energy and impact; multi-dimensional stress states; and buckling of columns. Prerequisite: TAM 210 or TAM 211. 3 undergraduate hours.
Topics:
Basic concepts of stress and strain (4 hr)
Uniaxial loading and deformation: Statically determinate and indeterminate problems; design based on yield strength, ultimate strength (5 hr)
Torsion of circular shafts and thin-walled sections: Geometry of deformation, stress, distribution, statically determinate and indeterminate systems, design of shafts for power transmission (9 hr)
Stresses due to bending: Geometry of deformation, stress distribution, symmetric elastic beams, transverse shear, built-up beams, design of beams for structural applications (9 hr)
Beam deflections: Differential equations, double integration, direct integration, method of superposition, design based on deflections, slopes, shear forces, and bending moments (7 hr)
Multi-axial stress and strain states: Transformation of stress and strain, Mohr|#39;s circle representations, principal stresses and strains, states of plane stress and plane strain, two-dimensional elastic stress-strain relations, yield criteria, design problems for combined states of stress (6 hr)
Buckling of columns: Euler theory, design of columns (3 hr)
TOTAL HOURS: 44