Robert D. Cook and Warren C. Young, Advanced Mechanics of Materials 2nd Ed., Macmillan Publishing Co., 1999.

Course Objectives: It is the instructor's intention to...

enable students to obtain viable approximations to the solutions of problems in solid mechanics that are relevant to design, without "full-field" (e.g., FEA) modeling and computer solution.

make the student critically aware of the nature of the approximations that are commonly invoked to obtain such "strength of materials" solutions and their likely impact on the reliability and robustness of the resulting design.

enable the student to understand common mechanisms of failures, to analyze potential designs for criticality, and produce designs that can be expected to be reasonably safe from such failures.

Course Outcomes: Students must have the ability to...

idealize and analyze practical problems in mechanics, complicated by geometric and material complexity, using the "strength of materials" methodology.

understand the usefulness and limitations of formulas derived earlier for practical problems.

perform stress analysis with the aid of calculators, tables and nomographs.

recognize the potential for structural and material failure and apply state-of-the-art theories of failiure.

combine strengths of materials analysis with failure theories to design to criticality.

communicate effectively via written reports.

EMA 506 meets three times per week for traditional 50-minute lectures

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

EMA 506 follows EMA 303 or 304 in that there is frequently an assignment that requires students to design a structure that satisfies a specified failure criterion. As such, there is an implicit emphasis on health and safety.

EMA 506 is focused to satisfy the EMA educational objectives. It provides an advanced treatment of Mechanics of Materials, a subject involving problem-solving and design-driven project analysis, crucial to those planning a career in mechanics and astronautics. Design-oriented problems are woven into the course, and students are required to prepare professional, written reports of their results. An integrative team design project is carried out.