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 and Two. Check the schedule periodically for changes.

#	Date	Topic	Materials	Assignment Due
1	W Sep 21	Class introduction Introduction to mechanical design	Prep 1 Notes 1	CATME Survey
2	F Sep 23	Project 1 introduction	Prep 2 Notes 2
3	M Sep 26	Factor of Safety	Prep 3 Notes 3
4	W Sep 28	Uncertainty Reliability, Tolerances, Units	Prep 4 Notes 4
5	F Sep 30	Free body diagrams Bending moment and shear diagrams Intro to SymPy for mechanics	Prep 5 Notes 5 IPYNB 5	Proj. 1: 30 designs
6	M Oct 3	Singularity functions Multi-axial stress	Prep 6 Notes 6	HW #1
7	W Oct 5	Multi-axial stress	Prep 7 Notes 7
8	F Oct 7	Multi-axial stress Proj. 1: lightning explanations	Prep 8 Notes 8	Proj. 1: Four detailed designs
9	M Oct 10	Principal stress Mohr's circle	Prep 9 Notes 9 IPYNB 9	HW #2
10	W Oct 12	Elastic strain	Prep 10 Notes 10
11	F Oct 14	Stress concentrations Pressure vessels Curved beams Proj 1: Intro to peer review	Prep 11 Notes 11	Proj. 1: Report Draft
12	M Oct 17	Contact stresses	Prep 12 Notes 12	HW #3, Proj. 1: Peer review
13	W Oct 19	Multi-axial stress Contact Stresses	Prep 13 Notes 13
14	F Oct 21	Deformation and stiffness Deflections of beams	Prep 14 Notes 14 IPYNB 14	Proj. 1: Report
15	M Oct 24	Castigliano's Theorem	Prep 15 Notes 15	HW #4
16	W Oct 26	Catch up and review	Prep 16 Notes 16
NA	F Oct 28	Midterm
17	M Oct 31	Project 2: Intro and ideation
18	W Nov 2	Castigliano's Theorem (Curved) Statically indeterminate problems Midterm results review	Prep 18 Notes 18
NA	R Nov 3	Unitrans Visit
19	F Nov 4	Prototyping	Prep 19	Proj. 2: Plan Memo
20	M Nov 7	Buckling and Compression	Notes 20	HW #5
21	W Nov 9	Static failure theory: Ductile	Prep 21 Notes 21
NA	R Nov 10			Proj. 2: Initial Design Memo
NA	F Nov 11	Veteran's Day Holiday
22	M Nov 14	Static failure theory: Brittle	Prep 22 Notes 22	HW #6
23	W Nov 16	Fatigue Failure Introduction S-N curves and endurance limits	Notes 23
24	F Nov 18	Crack growth Marin parameters Stress concentrations	Notes 24	Proj. 2.: Static Failure Memo
25	M Nov 21	Fluctuating stress	Notes 25	HW #7
26	W Nov 23	Fatigue review	Notes 26
NA	F Nov 25	Thanksgiving Day Holiday
27	M Nov 28	Compound and cumulative loading	Prep 27 Notes 27
28	W Nov 30	Catch up Exam review	Notes 28	HW #8, Proj 2.: Dynamic Failure Memo
29	F Dec 2	Course evaluations Final Exam Review Project 2: Lightning talks @ 9:40
NA	W Dec 7	Final Exam 8:00-10:00AM
NA	F Dec 9	NA		Proj 2.: Final Report CATME Peer Eval