MEC531 F2013 Assignment problems and due dates

The following 12 assignments weigh 10% of the total marks. Submissions are required. You can hand them in during lecture hour on the due dates below unless otherwise announced.

Assignment
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7

Topics
Moment area methods Moment area methods Strain energy Curved beams Dummy load method Thick-wall cylinders Thick-wall cylinders

Problems
#1, 2, 3, notes pp13 #5, 6, 7, notes pp14 #5.9, 10, 12, 14, text pp187-188 #5.15, 27, 31, text pp 189 #5.26, 27, 62, 64, text pp189 #1, 2, 3, notes Section 10 pp8 #4, 5, notes Section 10 pp8, #11.1 text pp. 419 text #11.3, 33, 34, text pp 421

Due dates
Tuesday 9/17 Tuesday 9/24 Tuesday 10/1 Tuesday 10/8 Tuesday 10/15 Tuesday 10/22

Tuesday 10/29 Tuesday 11/5 Tuesday 11/12 Tuesday 11/19 Tuesday 11/26 hand in at exam

#8 #9 #10 #11 #12

Thick-wall cylinders

Inelastic material behaviour #4.6, 7, 10, text pp 142 Stress concentration Fracture Fatigue #14.1, 2, 8, text pp 539 #15.1, 2, 6, text pp 564 #16.1, 2, 6, text pp 585

Note: Problems can be found in relevant handout notes or textbook chapters. Some problems may be subjected to changes per further announcement. Notes stands for the handout notes for Moment-area Methods and Thick-wall Cylinders that will be posted online. Text means the textbook Advanced Mechanics of Materials as specified in the course outline. The above textbook problems will be posted online.