Preparation¶

• Read sections 1-12 to 1-17, 3-1
• More info on free body diagrams can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_body_diagram for example (or your previous textbooks)

Concepts¶

After this lesson you should be able to:

• Compute reliability's base on Gaussian data
• Understand the relationship of factor of safety and reliability
• Understand when to use the appropriate choice of dimensions and tolerances
• Compute tolerance stack up
• Use appropriate units and sig figs
• Draw 2D and 3D free body diagrams of a mechanical structures

Upcoming Due Dates¶

• Homework #1 will be due Monday, October 3