ME 354 - Mechanics of Materials Lab

Instructor: Nathan J. Sniadecki, Ph.D.
TAs: Lucas Ting, Xin Liang

Lecture

Location: MEB 248
Time: 9:30-10:20am MTWF

Lab

Location: MEB 127
Time: 2:30-5:20pm TWThF

Office Hours

Location: MEB 318
Time: 10:30-11:30am TTh

Syllabus

Syllabus
Updated: 1/16/09

Lecture Material

Lecture 3: Excel Spreadsheet
Lecture 5: Strain Gages PDF, Formal Report Style Guide PDF
Lecture 11: True Stress/Strain, Chapter 4 Example Problems in Excel Spreadsheet
Lecture 27: Method of Joints and Unit Force Method PDF
Lecture 31: Intro to MEMS PDF

Class Surveys

Office Hours WebQ

FE style Quizzes

Quiz 1 PDF
Quiz 2 PDF
Quiz 3 PDF
Quiz 4 PDF
Quiz 5 PDF
Quiz 6 PDF

Homework

Homework Format Requirements PDF
Hwk 1, Due 01/16/09 PDF, Solutions: PDF
Hwk 2, Due 01/23/09 PDF, Solutions: PDF
Hwk 3, Due 01/30/09 PDF, Solutions: PDF
Hwk 4, Due 02/06/09 PDF, Solutions: PDF
Hwk 5, Due 02/13/09 PDF, Solutions: PDF
Hwk 6, Due 02/20/09 PDF, Solutions: PDF
Hwk 7, Due 02/27/09 PDF, Solutions: PDF
Hwk 8, Due 03/06/09 PDF, Solutions: PDF
Hwk 9, Due 03/13/09 PDF, Solutions: PDF

Lab Material

Lab 1 - Beams & Strain gages PDF, C-beam drawing PDF, Round beam drawing PDF
Lab 2 - Photoelasticity PDF
Lab 3 - Tensile Test PDF, Lab 3 Data - Excel Spreadsheet
Lab 4 - Charpy Test PDF
Lab 5 - Torsion Test PDF
Lab 6 - Fracture Toughness PDF
Lab 7 - Structural Analysis DOC, PDF
Lab 8 - Creep PDF
Lab 9 - Buckling PDF