Calendar

The calendar below is an outline of how the laboratory experiments relate to topics covered in Solid Mechanics, 1.050.

WEEK # 1.050 LECTURE TOPICS 1.105 LABORATORY TOPICS
1 Introduction  
  Static Equilibrium  
  Concept of Force  
2 Concept of Moment  
  Internal Forces and Moments Experiment 1 - Pasta Uncertainty
3 Truss Structures  
  Beams Experiment 2 - Cable Structures
4 Shafts in Torsion  
  Concepts of Stress Experiment 3 - Uniaxial Tension
5 Transformation Rules  
  Equilibrium  
6 Indeterminate Systems  
  Simple Systems  
7 Matrix Analysis Truss Structures Experiment 4 - Truss Structures
  Special Methods  
8 Concept of Strain  
  Strain/Displacement  
  Transformation Rules  
9 Materials: Properties/Failure  
  Stress/Strain Relations  
  Failure Phenomena  
10 Stresses/Deflections: Torsion  
  Stresses: Beams in Bending Experiment 5 - Concrete Failure
11 Shear in Beams  
  Composite Beams Experiment 6 - Beam Bending
12 Deflections due to Bending  
13 Buckling of Beams Experiment 7 - Buckling
  Matrix Analysis of Frames  
14 Special Methods