This course is an introduction to the basics of statics and mechanics of materials for non-mechanical engineers. These fundamental mechanical engineering principles are required for advanced electronic packaging courses. Key concepts of equilibrium criteria; distributed forces; internal forces; stress and strain; yield and failure criteria; stress and strain in axial, torsional, and bending loads, will be discussed. Examples of thermal stress analysis are also discussed. The course requires students to have prior basic trainings in mathematics and physics.

    Syllabus

    Lecture 1   Introduction
      E-Lectures from Text:
    Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics     		Part 1: Statics
    Lecture 2 Chapter 2 Statics of Particles - Concurrent Forces
    Lecture 3 Chapter 3 Rigid Bodies I: Equivalent Systems of Forces
    Lecture 4 Chapter 4 Rigid Bodies II: Equilibrium
    Lecture 5 Chapter 5 Distributed Forces: Centroids and Centers of Gravity
      E-Lectures from Text:
    Mechanics of Materials     		Part 2: Mechanics of Materials
    Lecture 6   Introduction: Concept of Stress
    Lecture 7 Chapter 2 – First Half Stress and Strain – Axial Loading I
    Lecture 8 Chapter 2 – Second Half Stress and Strain – Axial Loading II
    Lecture 9 Chapter 3 Torsion
    Lecture 10 Chapter 4 – First Half Pure Bending I
    Lecture 11 Chapter 4 – Second Half Pure Bending II


    Course Syllabus: MAE 498 – Overview of Mechanical Engineering for Non-MEs

    This course is an introduction to the basics of statics and mechanics of materials for non-mechanical engineers. These fundamental mechanical engineering principles are required for advanced electronic packaging courses. Key concepts of equilibrium criteria; distributed forces; internal forces; stress and strain; yield and failure criteria; stress and strain in axial, torsional, and bending loads, will be discussed. Examples of thermal stress analysis are also discussed. The course requires students to have prior basic trainings in mathematics and physics.

    Contributing Instructor: KP Chen, Arizona State University  

    Required Text:

    Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics, Beer, Johnston & Eisenberg, McGraw Hill, 7 th ed., 2004.
    Mechanics of Materials, Beer, Johnston & DeWolf, McGraw Hill, 4 th ed., 2006.

    Grading:

    40% Final Exam
    40% Final Exam
    40% Mid-Term Exams (2)
    20% Homework

    Topics Covered:

    • Statics of particles: free body diagrams; concurrent forces; equilibrium criteria.
    • Statics of rigid bodies: equivalent systems of forces; equilibrium criteria; distributed forces.
    • Stress and strain in axial loading; stress-strain diagram; Hooke’s law; elastic and plastic behavior; fatigue; residual stress; shear strain; Poisson ratio; stress concentration.
    • Torsion of circular shaft; torsion of thin-walled hollow shafts.
    • Pure bending; normal stress distribution.
    • Bending of a beam; internal forces in beams; shear and bending diagrams; normal and shear stress distributions.
    • Deflection of a beam.
    • Stress and strain transformation; principal stresses and principal strains; Mohr’s circle; von Mises stresses.
    • Thermal stress analysis; uniform temperature change; non-uniform temperature change; Stoney’s formula and thermal analysis for composite beams.