Mechanics of Materials IV: Deflections, Buckling, Combined Loading & Failure Theories

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Mechanics of Materials IV: Deflections, Buckling, Combined Loading & Failure Theories

Georgia Institute of Technology via Coursera

Found in Mechanical Engineering

Provider Coursera
Cost Free Online Course (Audit)
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Language English
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Duration 2 weeks long
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This course explores the analysis and design of engineering structures considering factors of deflection, buckling, combined loading, & failure theories

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The copyright of all content and materials in this course are owned by either the Georgia Tech Research Corporation or Dr. Wayne Whiteman. By participating in the course or using the content or materials, whether in whole or in part, you agree that you may download and use any content and/or material in this course for your own personal, non-commercial use only in a manner consistent with a student of any academic course. Any other use of the content and materials, including use by other academic universities or entities, is prohibited without express written permission of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Interested parties may contact Dr. Wayne Whiteman directly for information regarding the procedure to obtain a non-exclusive license.

Syllabus

Welcome

Deflections and Statically Indeterminate Beam Structures
-In this section, we will learn how calculate the deflections, or deformations, of engineering structures subjected to loads. We will then use those techniques is solving statically indeterminate beam problems

Column Buckling, Combined Loading, & Failure Theories
-In this section, we will learn how to analyze and design for column buckling. We will also learn how to analyze and design engineering structures subjected to combined loading. Finally, we will conclude with failure theories in mechanics of materials.

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Dr. Wayne Whiteman, PE

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It is an excellent course and very useful. Thanks a lot to Dr. Whiteman for such a wonderful teaching. Strongly recommended for all Mechanical Engineers.

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by Jack completed this course, spending 6 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

I am a retired engineer who worked as a structural/mechanical engineer for 40 years and was curious to see how subjects were currently being taught at a top school. I have taken the full series of Dr. Whiteman's courses. He is an excellent instructor with complete knowledge of the material and his presentation is very concise. His long experience in teaching these subjects is very evident in the way that he makes the material very easy to understand. He is an excellent choice for teaching these subjects.

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Ahmed completed this course.

I took all four of Dr. White courses of Mechanics of Materials in Coursera and have learned and master the skills necessary for engineering materials and structural analysis because of these courses. Prior to taking the courses I have little knowledge and experience for MM but now I am confident to be able to analyze structures with ease.

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Anonymous completed this course.

I highly recommend the series of Mechanical Engineering courses offered by Dr. Whiteman. The courses are self contained if taken in order, and all the theorems given are developed in the class, no formulas are thrown at you, so you can understand where the formulas come from and how to apply them. There are well developed and relevant examples in the lessons, often taken from real life engineering problems. And Dr. Whiteman does an excellent job in presentation, often with live demonstrations so you can get a better feel of the explanations. The courses provide a solid introduction to mechanical engineering, and even if you have taken some ME, these are a good review. I have used what I learned here to study further engineering structures, for example, I am interested in the construction of Renaissance cathedrals, and applied what I learned to better understanding how they were built.

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Dr. Whiteman is a very good teacher, he makes the complicated physics easy to understand and relate it with real life examples and equipment, which makes the class very interesting. I took all the four course in "Mechanics of Materials" and every and each of them is so great that I'd highly recommend them as a fundamental introduction course for those who are interested in mechanical engineering!

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by Giannis completed this course, spending 7 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

I highly reccomend all courses of Mr. Whiteman. He is an excellent teacher, with great experience in the subject. The courses are well structured with small but comprehensive modules. They helped me to recall basic principles from my university years and I really enjoyed the whole learning process.

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Joe P

Joe completed this course, spending 7 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

Dr. Wayne Whiteman,

This course was helpful for several reasons. A good portion of this material, and also material from other classes that I have taken "with you" as an online student have been helpful for the Machine Design course with Dr. Kathryn Wingate.

thank you

Joe Powers

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I loved this course. Professor Whiteman is one of the best professors i've had a Georgia Tech. The flipped classroom setting is amazing in my opinion since more of the class time is spent applying the concepts we learn from the videos.

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I loved your explanations . Thanks Dr. Wayne Whiteman. You are incredible Especially your statement " Emphasis will be on understanding the subject not ton the calculations". now I started teaching this subject to my friends with ease

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I am a retired former IT worker with a math major and a physics minor. Prof. Whiteman's course was did a very good job of explaining the engineering. He also was helpful in his comments in the forums when students had questions.

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Excellent course. Helped me to remember and understand what I studied at the university course many years ago. Now this knowledge is again in the front of my brain.

Without any doubt, I recommend to take these courses.

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Very good course from one of the best instructors

many thanks to everyone who made this available, coursera, georgia tech and mr. Whiteman

looking forward for more

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Excellent course. Prof Whiteman provides worked examples that help with learning and the quiz problems. His courses provide a good background for engineering.

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Thanks Dr. Whitman. This course was very interesting. The syllabus was complete. I recommend to take these course. Thanks.

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This was a great course. It followed a logical progression and covered everything you would need to know for a mechanics of materials class.

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Very good course for self-learning. A lot of work put into videos and corresponding material, so it's comfortable to learn at speed.

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The course met my objective, which was to find a simplified approach to calculate buckling and deflection of a body under load.

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Excellent course. it is a good opportunity to learn or refresh this subject. I am very happy with the content and the professor.

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Dr Wayne is very good in delivering his classes. His worksheets are easily comprehended. I enjoyed his prequel to this course.

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Great course. I learned a lot. One of the few helpful courses I found on Mechanical Engineering. Thanks Dr. Whiteman.

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