Materials/Structures

Instructor

Prof. Raul Radovitzky

Learning Objectives

16.01-16.04 Materials and Structures (PDF)

Textbooks

Buy at Amazon Ashby, M. F., and D. R. H. Jones. Engineering Materials 1: An Introduction to Properties, Applications and Design. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Elsevier, 2005. ISBN: 0750663804.

Buy at Amazon Crandall, S. H., N. C. Dahl, and T. J. Lardner. An Introduction to the Mechanics of Solids: Second Edition with SI Units. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1999. ISBN: 0072380411.

Note: The materials selection charts shown in some of the notes and in the video (from the Ashby and Jones book) are courtesy of Michael Ashby.

Featured Video Lecture

Additional Resources

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Sample Lecture

Sample Lecture M15: Yielding and Plasticity

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Video Note
The materials selection graph shown in the video (from the Ashby and Jones book) is courtesy of Michael Ashby.

16.01-16.02

LEC # TOPICS CONCEPT QUESTIONS MUDDY POINTS READINGS ASSIGNMENTS / SOLUTIONS
Block 1 - Statics
M1 Introduction: Why Materials and Structures? – 3 Great Principles (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 1.1-1.3. Problem M1 (PDF)

Solution M1 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M2 Equilibrium of a Particle, System of Particles (Free-body Diagram) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 1.4-1.6. Problem M2 (PDF)

Solution M2 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M3 Planar Force Systems, Equipollent Forces (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 1.6-1.7. Problem M3 (PDF)

Solution M3 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M4 Support Reactions, Free-body Diagrams, Static Determinance, Other Situations, Determinate Systems (PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 1.8-1.9. Problem M4 (PDF)

Solution M4 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M5 Support Reactions, Free-body Diagrams, Static Determinance, Other Situations, Determinate Systems (cont.) (PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 1.8-1.9. Problem M5 (PDF)

Solution M5 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M6 Trusses, Truss Analysis: Method of Joints, Method of Sections (PDF)   (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Section 1.9. Problem M6 (PDF)

Solution M6 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M7 Trusses, Truss Analysis: Method of Joints, Method of Sections (cont.)   (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Section 1.9. Problem M7 (PDF)

Solution M7 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M8 Statically Indeterminate Systems: Method of Analysis, 3 Great Principles, Examples; Summary (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 1.10-1.11, 2.1, 2.4, and 2.7. Problem M8 (PDF)

Solution M8 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M9 Statically Indeterminate Systems: Method of Analysis, 3 Great Principles, Examples; Summary (cont.) (PDF - 1.1 MB) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 1.10-1.11, 2.1, 2.4, and 2.7. Problem M9 (PDF)

Solution M9 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
Block 2 - Stress and Strain
M10 Indicial Notation, Rotation of Coordinates (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Section 4.1. Problem M10 (PDF)

Solution M10 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M11 Definition of Stress, Extensional and Shear Stress, Notation, Plane Stress, Stress Equilibrium (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 4.2-4.4. Problem M11 (PDF)
M12 Stress Transformation and Mohr's Circle, Principal Stresses, Extreme Shear Stress(es) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)   (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 4.5-4.7. Problem M12 (PDF)

Solution M12 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M13 Quiz Discussion       Problem M13 (PDF)

Solution M13 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M14 Definition of Strain, Extensional and Shear Strain, Strain-Displacement Relations, Compatibility (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 4.8-4.10. Problem M14 (PDF)

Solution M14 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M15 Transformation of Strain, Mohr's Circle for Strain, Principal Strains, Extreme Shear Strains, Summary, Indicial Notation Revisited (PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 4.11-4.13, (4.14), and 4.15. Problem M15 (PDF)

Solution M15 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M16 Uniaxial Stress-Strain (PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 2.3, 5.1-5.2. Problem M16 (PDF)

Solution M16 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
Block 3 - Materials and Elasticity
M17 Material Properties, Classes of Materials (PDF - 1.4 MB) (PDF) (PDF) Ashby, and Jones. Chapters 1-2. Problem M17 (PDF)

Solution M17 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M18 Bulk Material Properties (PDF - 1.4 MB)     Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 5.3-5.4.

Ashby, and Jones. Chapter 3.		 Problem M18 (PDF)

Solution M18 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M19 Origin of Elastic Properties, Structures of Materials: Atomic Bonding, Packing of Atoms, Crystals, Polymers (PDF - 1.4 MB)   (PDF) Ashby, and Jones. Chapters 4-5. Problem M19 (PDF)

Solution M19 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M20 Estimate of Moduli, Composites (PDF - 1.4 MB) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Section 5.10.

Ashby, and Jones. Chapter 6.		 Problem M20 (PDF)

Solution M20 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M21 Modulus Limited Design, Materials Selection, Measurement of Elastic Properties (PDF - 1.4 MB)     Ashby, and Jones. Chapter 7. Problem M21 (PDF)

Solution M21 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M22 Stress-Strain Relations, Anisotropy, Orthotropy, Measurements     Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Section 5.6. Problem M22 (PDF)

Solution M22 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M23 Stress-Strain Relations, Anisotropy, Orthotropy, Measurements (cont.)     Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Section 5.6. Problem M23 (PDF)

Solution M23 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M24 Engineering Notation       Problem M24 (PDF)

Solution M24 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M25 General Hooke's Law and The Equations of Elasticity, Boundary Conditions, Solution       Problem M25 (PDF)

Solution M25 (PDF)

 

16.03-16.04

LEC # TOPICS CONCEPT QUESTIONS MUDDY POINTS READINGS ASSIGNMENTS / SOLUTIONS
Block 1 - Slender Structures
M1 Slender Structures (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF)   Problem M1 (PDF)

Solution M1 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M2 Statics of Beams (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF)   Problem M2 (PDF)

Solution M2 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M3 Shear Forces and Bending Moments in Beams (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF)   Problem M3 (PDF)

Solution M3 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M4 Simple Beam Theory (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF)   Problem M4 (PDF)

Solution M4 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M5 Simple Beam Theory (cont.) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 7.2-7.6. Problem M5 (PDF)

Solution M5 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M6 Shear Stresses in Simple Beam Theory (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Section 7.6. Problem M6 (PDF)

Solution M6 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M7 Examples and Applications of Beam Theory (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 8.1-8.3. Problem M7 (PDF)

Solution M7 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M8 Application of Simple Beam Theory: Discontinuous Loading and Statically Indeterminate Structures (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 3.4, 3.6, and 8.3. Problem M8 (PDF)

Solution M8 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M9 Shafts: Torsion of Circular Shafts (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 6.2, 6.3. Problem M9 (PDF)

Solution M9 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
Block 2 - Structural Instability
M10 Introduction to Structural Instability (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 9.2, 9.3. Problem M10 (PDF)

Solution M10 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M11 Introduction to Structural Instability (cont.) (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Sections 9.2, 9.3. Problem M11 (PDF)

Solution M11 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M12 Buckling of Simple Columns (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Section 9.4. Problem M12 (PDF)

Solution M12 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M13 Buckling of Simple Columns (cont.) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Section 9.4. Problem M13 (PDF)

Solution M13 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M14 Exam Review       Problem M14 (PDF)

Solution M14 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
Block 3 - Materials / Structural Integrity
M15 Yielding and Plasticity (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Ashby, and Jones. Chapters 8, 11. Problem M15 (PDF)

Solution M15 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M16 Origins of Plasticity, Alloying (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Ashby, and Jones. Chapters 9-10. Problem M16 (PDF)

Solution M16 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M17 Yield of Structures (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Crandall, Dahl, and Lardner. Section 3.11. Problem M17 (PDF)

Solution M17 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M18 Fast Fracture and Toughness (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Ashby, and Jones. Chapters 13-14. Problem M18 (PDF)

Solution M18 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M19 Fatigue and Fracture (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Ashby, and Jones. Chapters 15-16. Problem M19 (PDF)

Solution M19 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
M20 Other Factors in Materials Selection and Design (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) Ashby, and Jones. Chapters 17-27. Problem M20 (PDF)

Solution M20 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)

 

Additional Resources

References

The following books are useful references:

Ashby, M. F., and D. R. H. Jones. Engineering Materials 2: An Introduction to Microstructures, Processing and Design. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Elsevier, 2005. ISBN: 0750663812. (Relevant topics: Polymers, Metal Alloys)

Ashby, M. F. Materials Selection in Mechanical Design. Boston, MA: Elsevier, 2005. ISBN: 0750661682. (Relevant topics: Materials Selection and Design)

Bickford, William B. Mechanics of Solids: Concepts and Applications. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN: 0256192715.

Quiz Handouts

A handout of relevant equations and figures is distributed with each quiz. Students are encouraged to prepare for the quiz by studying concepts rather than memorizing formulae.

16.01-16.02 Quiz 4 Handout (PDF)

16.03-16.04 Quiz 1 Handout (PDF)

16.03-16.04 Quiz 3 Handout (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)