• The assignments are to be done INDIVIDUALLY from beginning to end. My experience shows that study groups are of great help, and will help a student get by many small problems quickly. But students who never do any problems individually (i.e., assignments) always do poorly when they must solve problems themselves on exams.
• Stassen’s Ten Commandments for Assigned Calculations
The following format requirements must be met before an assignment will be accepted or given credit.
1. The problem must be clearly identified at the top left of the page. The name of the author must be placed at the upper right-hand corner of the front page.
2. All calculations must be shown and a clear “heading” must be given with each step of the calculations.
3. All units must be attended to properly in balanced equations. Answers without units are not valid, except 0, variables, or unitless values such as ratios.
4. Where applicable, references must be given for all uncommon relationships or empirical values obtained from textbooks.
5. Clear diagrams must be provided where necessary.
6. Do not use unnecessary terms like “I” or verbose terms such as “to find”, etc. It is expected that proper and concise statements are made where needed.
7. At the conclusion of each problem the final result must be clearly summarized and indicated.
8. Where necessary a conclusion should be drawn or a final comment made. Sometimes a recommendation is necessary and should be included in the report.
9. Reports must be written on one side of letter size paper. Only in the case of graphic solutions can “odd” paper sizes be used, but these must be folded to size.
10. Calculations should progress in a logical and sequential manner to the final result.
**** NOTE: A good maxim for overall appearance is that the work should be ready for typing, or done in a package such as mathcad.
• The list below should be final for fall 1998 (any corrections will be announced during class).
Book Read Sec. Description Problems
SLI 1.1-1.6 Definitions, units 1-9
SLI 2.1-2.3 Forces & vectors 2, 4, 13 15(WM), 16(MC)
SLI 2.4-2.5 3D Forces 48, 51, 55
SLI 2.6-2.7 Matrices/equations 67, 70 64 (MC)
SLI 2.8 Dot Product 78, 84 93(use fig 2-92) (MC)
SLI 2.9-2.10 Particles 105, 110 108(WM), 113(MC)
SLI 2.11 Springs and indet. 114, 115 115(WM)
GT 1.1-1.2 Axial Stress 2-1,2-2,2-5
GT 1.3-1.5 Stress/Strain 3-4,3-6,4-1,5-6
GT 1.6 Shear Stress 6-2,6-10 8-4(MC)
GT 2.1-2.3 Axial Strain 2-1,2-13,3-8 3-10(MC)
GT 2.6 Oblique Stress Planes 6-10 6-18(MC)
SLI 3.1-3.2 Scalar Moments 6, 9
SLI 3.4-3.5 Moment About Point 26, 38
SLI 3.9-10 Moving Forces 83 82(WM pin at corner)
GT 3.1-3.4 Torsional Deflection 3-4, 4-7 3-11(MC)
GT 3.5-3.6 Torsion Strains 5-5 5-6(MC)
SLI 4.1-4.3 Center of Mass 5, 18
SLI 4.4 Pappus and Guldinus 26
SLI 4.5 Composite Bodies 41, 48 38(WM)
SLI 4.6 Distributed Loads 52, 59 50(MC)
SLI 5.1-5.4 Rigid Bodies 6, 9, 10
SLI 5.5 2D Equilibrium 13, 20 43(MC), 43(WM)
SLI 5.6-5.7 3D Equilibrium 69, 80
GT 2.10 Stress Concentration 10-6, 10-7 10-9(MC)
GT 3.7 Torsional Power Shafts 7-6 7-7(MC)
GT 3.11 Torsional Stress Conc. 11-4 11-5(MC)
SLI 6.1-6.5 Method of Joints 7, 16 8(MC), 8(WM)
SLI 6.6 Method of Sections 32, 48 47(MC)
SLI 6.8-6.9 Method of Members 81, 92 94(MC)
SLI 7.1-7.2 Internal Forces 4, 17
SLI 7.3-7.4 PVM Diagrams 21, 22 33(MC)
SLI 9.1-9.4 Second Moments 1, 8
SLI 9.5-9.6 Parallel Axis/Gyration 22, 29
SLI 9.7 Composite Areas 37 43(MC)
GT 5.1-5.6 Beam Design 4-4, 5-8 4-6(MC), 5-17(MC)
GT 5.8 Transverse Loading 8-3 8-10(MC)
• This is the final problem list for Fall 1998
Book Sections Description Problems
TG 1.1-1.6 Stress/Strain Suggested: 2-1,2-2,2-5,3-4,3-6,
TG 2.1-2.3 Axial Strain Suggested: 2-1,2-13,3-8
TG 2.6 Oblique Stress Planes Suggested: 6-10
TG 2.9 Cyclic Loading Suggested:
TG 2.10 Stress Concentration Suggested: 10-6, 10-7
TG 3.1-3.4 Torsional Deflection Suggested: 3-4, 4-7
TG 3.5-3.6 Torsion Strains Suggested: 5-5
TG 3.7 Torsional Power Shafts Suggested: 7-6
TG 3.11 Torsional Stress Conc. Suggested: 11-4
TG 4.1-4 PVM Review Suggested:
TG 5.1-5.6 Beam Design Suggested: 4-4, 5-8
Required: 4-6(mathcad), 5-17(mathcad)