Preparation¶

• Read sections 3-2 and 3-3
• For more information, read the wikipedia articles on shear and moment diagrams and singularity functions.
• Try Examples 3-2 and 3-3 and/or one of the Problems 3-5 to 3-8
• All 30 of your designs should be in your notebook and numbered for an in class grade.
• Bring your laptop with the Anaconda Python 3.5 distribution installed. We will go over using SymPy to solve mechanics problems.

Concepts¶

After this lesson you should be able to:

• Understand the relationship between external loads and the internal shear loads and bending moments.
• Draw the shear load and bending moment diagrams for a variety of beams.
• Utilize singularity functions to compute the shear loads and bending moments.

Upcoming Due Dates¶

• Homework #1 is due Monday, October 3
• Four in-notebook detailed designs will be due Friday, October 7th