Schedule

This is the schedule for the quarter. The midterm and final dates are fixed and homework will be due each week on Monday except around the exams. The lecture topics are tentative and will be adjusted to fit the flow of the class. Project One due dates are fixed and Project Two due dates will be posted later in the quarter. Check the schedule periodically for changes.

#	Date	Topic	Materials	Assignment Due
1	F Sep 25	Introduction to mechanical design Factor of Safety Uncertainty Project 1 introduction	Prep 1 Plan 1 Slides 1 Notes 1
2	M Sep 28	Reliability, Tolerances, Units	Prep 2 Plan 2 Notes 2
3	W Sep 30	Free body diagrams	Prep 3 Plan 3 Notes 3
4	F Oct 2	Bending moment and shear diagrams Problem + Q & A session	Prep 4 Plan 4 Notes 4	Proj. 1: 50 designs
5	M Oct 5	Multi-axial stress	Prep 5 Plan 5 Notes 5	HW #1
6	W Oct 7	Principal stress	Prep 6 Plan 6 Notes 6
7	F Oct 9	Mohr's circle Proj. 1: lightning presentations	Prep 7 Plan 7 Notes 7	Proj. 1: Five designs in notebook
8	M Oct 12	Elastic strain	Prep 8 Plan 8 Notes 8	HW #2
9	W Oct 14	Homework 2 review Stress concentrations	Prep 9 Plan 9 Notes 9
10	F Oct 16	Curved beams Pressure vessels Proj 1: Intro to peer review FEA: Stress concentrations	Prep 10 Plan 10 Notes 10	Proj. 1: Report Draft FEA Assignment
11	M Oct 19	Contact stresses	Prep 11 Plan 11 Notes 11	HW #3
12	W Oct 21	Copyright Combined loads quiz Deformation and stiffness	Prep 12 Plan 12 Notes 12	Proj. 1: Peer review
13	F Oct 23	Deflections of beams	Prep 13 Plan 13 Notes 13	Proj. 1: Report
14	M Oct 26	Deformation and stiffness Midterm review	Plan 14 Notes 14	HW #4
15	W Oct 28	Catch up and review	Prep 15 Plan 15 Notes 15
NA	F Oct 30	Midterm
16	M Nov 2	Project 2: Intro and ideation	Plan 16
NA	T Nov 3	Proj. 2: Unitrans visit
17	W Nov 4	Castigliano's Theorem	Plan 17 Notes 17
18	F Nov 6	Statically indeterminate problems Buckling and compression Midterm results review	Plan 18 Notes 18	Proj. 2: Plan Memo
19	M Nov 9	Static failure theory: Ductile	Plan 19 Notes 19	HW #5
NA	W Nov 11	Veteran's Day Holiday
20	F Nov 13	Quiz on sections 5-7 to 5-13 Static failure theory: Brittle FEA: Pressure Vessels	Prep 20 Plan 20 Notes 20	Proj. 2: Initial Design Memo
21	M Nov 16	Fatigue Failure Introduction S-N curves and endurance limits	Plan 21 Notes 21	HW #6
22	W Nov 18	Crack growth Marin parameters	Prep 22 Plan 22 Notes 22
23	F Nov 20	Stress concentrations Fluctuating stress	Plan 23 Notes 23	Proj. 2.: Static Failure Memo
24	M Nov 23	Fluctuating stress	Notes 24	HW #7
25	W Nov 25	Compound and cumulative loading	Plan 25 Notes 25
NA	F Nov 27	Thanksgiving Day Holiday
26	M Nov 30	Cumlative loading Homework review	Plan 26 Notes 26	HW #8
27	W Dec 2	Exam review	Plan 27 Notes 27	Proj 2.: Dynamic Failure Memo
28	F Dec 4	Project 2: Lightning talks Review Course evaluations	Prep 28 Plan 28 Notes 28
NA	U Dec 6	NA		Proj 2.: Final Report
NA	M Dec 7	NA		CATME Peer Eval
NA	F Dec 11	Final Exam 10:30-12:30