ME 503 Structural Mechanics
A fundamental engineering course that introduces elasticity and mechanics analyses of solid structures, whose topics include: 3-D stresses and strains; stress and strain relations; Airy stress function; 2-D elasticity problems; stress concentrations; failure criteria; introduction to plasticity, fracture and fatigue; bending, torsion and combined loading on structural elements; strain energy and energy method; introduction to the finite element method; plates and shells; buckling. Open to undergraduates with department consent if they have taken ME 342.