Mechanics of Materials

Fall 2018

Dr. Wenchao Zhou

zhouw@uark.edu
(479) 575-7250

The Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
 Learning Objectives
By the end of this class, you will be able to
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Know the location of my office (MEEG 102B) and phone
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number (479-575-7250)
Why Know how to use Blackboard
How Name at least 3 of your classmates
Objectives Understand what Mechanics of Materials are about and
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Know what will be covered in this course

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Cooperative 3D printing: two robots printing an airplane

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 Cooperative 3D Printing

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A heuristic scaling strategy for using a swarm of robots to

complete a printing job together (printing the landscape of
Arkansas with 16 robots)

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A Swarm of Mobile Robots Doing 3D Printing

Vision: Autonomous Digital Additive Contact information

Manufacturing (ADAM) Email: zhouw@uark.edu
Mission: Develop 3D Printing Technologies Phone: (479) 575-7250
that can mass produce at low cost without Office; MEEG 102B
human involvement. Lab: ENRC 4623
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Who are you
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Where were you from
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Why are you here (what do you hope to
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accomplish in the class)
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Where are you going (what are you
planning to do after graduation)

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 Syllabus
Homework (6) 360 pts
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Midterm (Topic 1, 2, 3, 4) 320 pts
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Final: (All topics): 320 pts
Why Class Participation: 50 pts
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1050 pts
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Final grade: ≥ 900 ➔ A, 800 ➔ B, 700 ➔ C, 600 ➔ D, <600 ➔ F

▪ Attendance: Mandatory for exams; Recommended for classes.

▪ Homework: Submit on time!
▪ Academic integrity: Everything you turned in must be YOUR WORK!!
▪ Course organization: Blackboard
▪ Questions: Ask LOTS of questions in class and out of class

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Statics: Force Balance

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Kinematics: Motion (Velocity and Acceleration)

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Dynamics: Influence of force on motion

(rigid bodies)

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Mechanics of Materials: materials are

not rigid bodies but deformable

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 Why Mechanics of Materials

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Materials can fail under force or motion.

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 Why Mechanics of Materials
Have you ever wondered why Andrew Carnegie
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used steel to for the Eads Bridge project across the
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Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri ?
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Have you ever wondered why we cannot build a
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space elevator yet?
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Have you ever wondered why we cannot build a
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skyscraper using wood as we do for our houses?
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 Why Mechanics of Materials
To answer these questions, we will need to be able to
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estimate what and how much load the materials
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are carrying, which will be the focus of this course.
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 How to study
Understand the concept of stress and strain
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Learn to derive equations using principles learned
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in Statics.
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How Practice with problems.

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The main objective of the study of the mechanics of materials

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What analyzing and designing various machines and load bearing
Why structures.
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Learn the concept of stress and strain and their
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transformations in different directions
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Learn different loads
Learn about beams and columns
Collaborative learning: P2P Learning

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