Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour
Catalog page 469
Prerequisites: MATH 009C, PHYS 040A or PHYS 040HA
Description: Covers basic principles of statics including equilibrium equations and free body diagrams, axial loading, torsion and shear forces, and stresses analysis and principal stresses. Also addresses column stability analysis and buckling as well as practical implications to materials science and engineering problems.