Clarkson University

ES222 - Strength of Materials

Spring Semester, 2007
Sections 2/20 and 3/30

Instructor: Prof. Kathleen A. Issen

Prof. Issen is not teaching ES222 in Fall 2007 nor in Spring 2008

Announcements:

Handout from class for determining stresses for combined loading problems.

FE review notes: See bottom of page.

Class Times:

    Section 2/20: Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, 12:00 - 12:50PM, 178 CAMP
    Section 3/30: Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, 1:00 - 1:50PM, 178 CAMP

Instructor:   

    Kathleen A. Issen, issenka@clarkson.edu, 207 CAMP, Box 5725, 268-3880

    Prof. Issen's Office Hours:  Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: 10-11AM.  Mondays and Wednesdays: 5-6PM.

    Grader Office Hours: Sundays, 3-5PM, 151 CAMP.

Textbook:

    Beer, Johnston and DeWolf, Mechanics of Materials, 4th edition, McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-298090-7.

Syllabus

Reading Schedule

Assignments

Solutions

Selected Handouts from Class (see bottom of page):

PowerPoint Presentations to Supplement Textbook

Chapter 1    Chapter 2    Chapter 3    Chapter 4

Chapter 5    Chapter 6    Chapter 7    Chapter 9

Chapter 10    Chapter 8

Exams Dates and Information:

Combined exams for sections 2/20 and 3/30 will be held in the evenings on the dates listed below.  Exams I, II and III are designed to be one hour exams, but you are allowed up to two hours for each exam.
Exams I, II and III are 6-8PM in 160 Science Center.

Exam I:         Wednesday, February 7th
Exam II:        Wednesday, March 7th
Exam III:       Wednesday, April 11th
Final Exam:   
Wednesday, May 2nd, 3:15-6:15, 177 CAMP

All exams are closed book, closed notes, however, a formula sheet (see below) will be provided for each exam.  You are not allowed to bring your own formula sheets.  You are not allowed to bring or use a calculator (problems will not require use of a calculator).

Optional Exam Review Sessions will be held the Monday evening before each exam.  The review sessions for Exams I, II and III are 5:30-7:30PM, 160 Science Center.  The review notes are posted below; please bring your own copy of the notes, if desired, since hardcopy notes will NOT be provided at the review sessions.

Exam I:         Monday, February 5th
Exam II:        Monday, March 5th
Exam III:       Monday, April 9th
Final Exam:    To be determined

Exam I:  Covers: Chapter 1, Chapter 2 sections: 2.1-2.3, 2.5, 2.8-2.12, 2.14-2.15, 2.18, HW#1-HW#7

    Exam I Review Notes

Exam II: Covers:  Sections 3.1 - 3.7, 4.1 - 4.6, 4.12 - 4.14; Topics: Torsion, Pure Bending, Eccentric Loading, HW#8-HW#16.

    Exam II Review Notes

Exam III: Covers: Sections: 5.1 - 5.3, 6.1 - 6.4, 6.6, 7.1 - 7.4, 7.9; Topics: Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams, Shear in Beams, Mohr's Circle, Pressure Vessels, HW#17 - HW#26.

     Exam III Review Notes

Final Exam will be comprehensive, but will emphasize the following topics: 1) Chapter 9, Beam deflections, 2) Chapter 10, Buckling, 3) Combined loading [Problems in Chpt. 7, 8, and example problems in the text: 8.01 (p. 510) and 8.5 (p. 513)].  See final exam and solutions from last semester, below.

    Final Exam Review Notes

Exam Formula Sheets:

    Exam I Formula Sheet (revised on 2/5)

    Exam II Formula Sheet

    Exam III Formula Sheet

    Final Exam Formula Sheet

Exams and solutions from Spring 2007:

    Exam I        Exam I Solutions

    Exam II        Exam II Solutions

    Exam III        Exam III Solutions

Solutions for Exam III for Spring 2007

    Final Exam (from Fall 2005)       Final Exam Solutions

2007: Selected Handouts from Class

Jan 12, Day 1: Course overview

Jan 15, Day 2: Axial rod concept question

Jan 19, Day 4: Axial bar "experiment"

Jan 22, Day 5: Statically indeterminate rods

Jan 24, Day 6: Thermal Loading
                     Rods in Parallel or Series

Jan 31, Day 9: Torsion, multiple rods in series

Feb 2, Day 10: Torsion statically indeterminate rods in series

Feb 5, Day 11: Torsion statically indeterminate rods in parallel

Feb 21, Day 17: General 3D eccentric axial loading

Mar 6, Day 22: Shear in Beams

Mar 20, Day 25:
        Recap of Shear in Beams
        Shear and Normal Stress in Beams

Apr 20, Day 39: Stresses under combined loading conditions

Review Notes for FE Exam

These are the same as my exam review notes for ES222.  Not all the topics in my review notes are covered on the FE exam, and there may be a few things on the FE that are not in my review notes.

    Exam I Review Notes

    Exam II Review Notes

    Exam II Review Notes

    Final Exam Review Notes