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201: Engineering Materials.
0-2-2. Preq., ENGR 122, PHYS 201. A study of the basic principles which relate
the internal structure of materials to their mechanical, physical, and electrical
properties.
206: Statics and Strength of Materials. 3-2-3. Preq., PHYS
209. Mechanics of rigid and deformable bodies, force systems, stresses and strains,
fundamental concepts of static equilibrium, centroids, moments of inertia, and
friction, and basic beam design.
211: Intermediate Strength of Materials. 3-1-2. Preq., ENGR
220. Mechanics of deformable bodies. Axial, shear, torsion and bending. Inelastic
and indeterminate problems.
312: Dynamics. 0-2-2. Preq., ENGR 220 and PHYS 201.
Kinematics and kinetics of particles and solid bodies in rectilinear, rotational
and plane motion, energy methods, linear impulse and momentum.
313: Elementary Fluid Mechanics. 3-2-3. Preq.., ENGR 220 and
MATH 242. Properties of fluids, fluid statics. Continuity, energy, and impulsemomentum
equations. Steady flow in pipes and open channels. Fluid measurements. General
fluid mechanics/hydraulics laboratory.
411: Advanced Engineering Materials. 0-3-3. Preq., MEMT 201
and MEEN 361. An introduction to modern engineering materials. Examination of
newer materials such as high strength steels, polymers and composites.
508: Finite Element Analysis. 0-3-3. Linear and nonlinear finite
element analysis of continual and discretized structures; use of finite element
computer programs to solve typical structural problems.
511: Modern Engineering Materials. 0-3-3. An introduction to
modern engineering materials with an emphasis on light weight or high strength
materials such as polymers, composites, and high strength steels.
563: Theory of Elasticity. 0-3-3. General equations of elasticity;
plane stress and plane strain; torsion and flexure of bars; Hertz contact stresses.
564: Plates and Shells. 0-3-3. Pure bending of plates; laterally-loaded
plates; membrane theory of shells; bending of cylindrical and spherical shells.
565: Continuum Mechanics. 0-3-3. Introductory treatment of
the fundamental, unifying concepts of the mechanics of continua.
577: Advanced Strength of Materials. 0-3-3. Energy methods,
advanced bending theory, torsion, stress concentrations, failure theory and
elastic stability.
588: Inelastic Deformation. 0-3-3. Analytical and numerical
modeling of inelastic deformation in metals, polymers and ceramics, including
plasticity, creep, viscoelasticity, and viscoplasticity.