Course includes a conceptual design project. Force, moment, couple, system isolation, adequacy of constraint, concentrated and distributed loads, fluid statics, flexible cables, friction and virtual work. Bridge design project. Basic principles of physics and chemistry are used to determine the quantitative relationships which describe the behavior of solids. Particular emphasis is placed upon the relationship between the structure and mechanical properties of crystalline solids.
Applications consider control of properties as an engineering design variable.
A term paper based upon review of the periodical technical literature is required. In addition to learning the Fortran Language, programs are prepared using numerical methods for finding roots, solving N equations with N unknowns, polynomial fit to data, integration, and solving second order differential equations. Last revised on September 26, 1999.