COE 3001 is an undergraduate course on the mechanics of deformable solids. The primary goal of the course is to provide students with the beginnings of the understanding and skills required to analyze stress, strain, stress-strain relations, deflections, and failure in deformable solids. While analytical treatments are emphasized in this first course, it serves as a necessary launching point for further advanced courses.
Be able to analyze stress, strain, stress-strain relations for deformable bodies in axial loading, torsion, bending, bending with shear conditions.
Text Book: Mechanics of Materials, by James M. Gere & Barry J. Goodno, 9th Ed, Cengage Learning. (required)
Homework: 20%
Participation: 5%
Exam I: 15% (75 min, in lecture time)
Exam II: 15% (75 min, in lecture time)
Exam III: 15% (75 min, in lecture time)
Final exam: 30% (170 min, in exam week)
- Attendance will be checked during almost all class days through TurningPoint.
- 2 of the checked attendance will be waived. These waivers are designed for giving you an excuse for unforeseen conditions that may impact your class attendance.
- Because of item 2, no other excuses will be taken.
- The documented and justified excused absence will not be counted as absence and will not be counted toward to the raincheck in item 2.
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All violations of the Honor Code (without exception) will be reported to the Office of Student Integrity with the following recommended sanctions:
- First-time offenders (in this course): lowering the course letter grade by one full letter grade at the conclusion of the course;
- Repeat offenders: course letter grade “F” (failure of the course).