ENG 104: Mechanics of Materials

Winter 2018
UC Davis
College of Engineering

Meetings: Roesler Hall 66, MW 4:10 – 6pm

Instructor: Vincente Pericoli
vspericoli@ucdavis.edu (allow 48h for response)
Office Hours: Academic Surge 2212, T 3-5pm
Teaching Assistants: Subodh Kolwankar
sskolwankar@ucdavis.edu
Office Hours: Academic Surge 2212, T 1-3, F 2-3
Academic Surge 2215, W 10-12

Esme Muñoz
memunoz@ucdavis.edu
Office Hours: Academic Surge 2215, MF 9-12
Prerequisites: ENG 35: Statics
MAT 22B: Differential Equations
Grading: Assignments: 25%, Midterm 35%, Final: 40%
Textbook: Homework will not be assigned from a textbook.
You may use any of the following as a reference (any edition):
 Mechanics of Materials, J.M. Gere
 Mechanics of Materials, R.C. Hibbeler
Copies are on reserve in Shields.

Course Description: Uniaxial loading and deformation. General concepts of stress-strain-

temperature relations and yield criteria. Torsion of shafts. Bending of
beams. Deflections due to bending. Introduction to stability and
buckling

Policies:
 Assignments will be due at 7pm in homework boxes on second floor of Ghausi Hall.
Late work will not be accepted. The lowest assignment score will be dropped. For each
assignment, only four problems will be graded even if more than four problems are
assigned. The problems graded will be selected at random.
 Exams will be closed-book and closed-notes, excepting one formula sheet (double-sided
8.5” x 11”). No electronic devices will be allowed except for calculators.
 If you believe that an assignment or exam was graded incorrectly, you may return the
assignment or exam along with a written petition to the instructor. You must submit
such petitions within 7 calendar days from the day the assignment or exam was
returned.
 Academic integrity is expected of all students. All violations of the UC Davis Code of
Academic Conduct will be reported to Student Judicial Affairs.
http://sja.ucdavis.edu/files/cac.pdf
 Grading will be on a curve. An average will be fixed at B-, and the grades will range
from A+ to F.
Tentative Schedule:
Month Day Topic HW
Jan. 8 Mon. Introduction. Review of Statics.
10 Wed. Concept of stress HW1 out
15 Mon. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
17 Wed. Concept of strain HW1 due
HW2 out
22 Mon. Stress-strain relationships. Yield criteria.
HW2 due
24 Wed. Plane stress. Pressure vessels. HW3 out
29 Mon. Stress transformations. Principal Stresses.
31 Wed. Mohr’s Circle of Stress HW3 due
HW4 out
Feb. 5 Mon. Plane strain. Strain transformations.
7 Wed. Axial Loading – Stresses, Indeterminate Systems HW4 due
HW5 out
12 Mon. Axial Loading (cont’d)
HW5 due
14 Wed. Torsion. Friday 16th.
19 Mon. President’s Day
21 Wed. MIDTERM EXAM HW6 out
26 Mon. Transverse loading – Bending Moments, Shear Forces
HW6 due
28 Wed. Transverse loading – bending stresses, beam theory HW7 out
Mar. 5 Mon. Transverse loading – shear stresses, shear flow
7 Wed. Transverse loading – deflection of beams HW7 due
HW8 out
12 Mon. Transverse loading – deflection of beams (cont’d)
14 Wed. Introduction to Buckling HW8 due
Friday 16th.
21 Wed. FINAL EXAM

Homework Guidelines:

1. The homework should be your own effort, but you are encouraged to discuss the
problems with your fellow classmates.

2. Be neat and tidy to ensure full credit.

3. Do not make short-cuts. To ensure full credit, your solutions should be presented in the
following order:
a. Restate what has been provided to you, i.e. data, diagrams, etc.
b. State the relevant theoretical topics/concepts
c. Write the formulae involved
d. Explicitly show the substitutions in the formulae
e. Box your results
f. Provide units throughout! Check that they make sense.