MAE 567 - Advanced Mechanics of Deformable Bodies

(3 units)

Prerequisites: Open to Mechanical Engineering MS, Aerospace Engineering MS, or Engineering MS students only.
Analysis of stress and deflection in unsymmetrical bending, shear center for beams, curved beams. Stress concentration, deformation beyond the elastic limit. Energy method; Castigliano’s Theorem; Rayleigh-Ritz technique.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-problems 3 hours)