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Ae/AM/CE/ME 102a - Fall 2009
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Instructor
Prof. Chiara Daraio
109 Firestone Building
(626) 395-4479
daraio@caltech.edu
Text Book
Listed in course overview. |
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TAs
Christopher Kovalchick
5 Firestone, x6459
ckovalchick@caltech.edu
Ivan Szelengowicz
308 Guggenheim, x4769
ivanz@caltech.edu
Sitanun Sakulkaew
Office TBD, xTBD
sitanun@caltech.edu
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Schedule |
Tues |
9:00-10:25AM |
Thur |
9:00-10:25AM |
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Office Hours
Name |
Office Hours |
Location |
| Christopher Kovalchick |
Tuesday 2:30-4:00 PM (Recitation) |
Kaplun Library (Firestone 304) |
Ivan Szelengowicz |
Wednesday 5:00-6:30 PM |
Northrop Reading Room (Firestone 204) |
Sitanun Sikulkaew |
Wednesday 3:30-5:00 PM |
Northrop Reading Room (Firestone 204) |
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Announcements
(9/29) Welcome to the Ae/AM/CE/ME 102a 2009 website. |
(9/29) A web-based system has been arranged so that you can provide feedback to your instructor. Please use the live feedback entry-line at the bottom of the website.
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(10/1) There will be no regular TA office hours for the week of 10/5-10/9. Office hours for this week will be by appointment only. Regular office hours will begin the following week. |
(10/8) HW 1 is now posted. |
(10/15) HW 2 is now posted. |
(10/22) HW 3 is now posted. |
(10/22) Please note the change in office hours for the week of 10/26-10/30, as listed on the front page of HW3. The Tuesday office hour will now be a 'recitation' section given by one of the TA's. Similar problems to the topics covered in the week's HW will be worked through. |
(10/28) Solutions to HW 1 & 2 are now posted, along with the problems worked out in the recitation on 10/27. |
(10/29) The Tuesday Office Hour will now be from 2:30-4:00PM |
(10/29) There is a seminar that may be of interest on Friday, 10/30, 4 PM, in the Treasure Room, Dabney Hall. 'The Origin of Vector Calculus in Geometry and Mechanics,' presented by Sandro Caparrini, University of Toronto. |
(11/2) HW 3 Solutions are now posted. |
(11/3) The Midterm Exam is now posted. It is due Thursday, 11/5, by 5:00 PM in Guggenheim 225. |
(11/5) HW 4 is now posted. |
(11/11) The due date for HW 4 has been extended to Friday, 11/13, 5:00 PM. The solutions to the midterm are now posted. |
(11/12) HW 5 is now posted. |
(11/19) The finite element project is now posted. For questions on Part A, see Chris or Nun. For questions on Part B, see Ivan. |
(11/20) Supplemental material for the FEA project is now posted. |
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Notes
Supplemental Reading to Lecture 1 (9/29) |
Supplement
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Supplemental Reading to Lecture 2 (10/1) |
Supplement
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Lecture Notes from 10/6 |
Supplement
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Lecture Notes from 10/8 |
Supplement
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Lecture Notes from 10/15 |
Supplement
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Reading from Lecture 6 (10/15) |
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Reading from Lecture 9 (10/27) |
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Lecture Notes from 10/27 |
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Recitation Notes from 10/27 (S. Sikulkaew) |
Supplement
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Notes on Residual Stresses and Strains |
Supplement
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Notes on Voigt Notation (from Lai, Rubin, & Krempl) |
Supplement
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Midterm Review (C. Kovalchick) |
Supplement
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Airy Stress Function, Hole in Plate, Lame Problem Notes (C. Kovalchick) |
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St. Venant's Principle, Reciprocal Theorem, Minimum Potential Energy Notes (C. Kovalchick) |
Supplement
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FEA Supplemental Project Materials |
Supplement
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Master Schedule
Date |
Description |
Instructor |
Tuesday, Sept. 29 | Mathematical Foundations | Daraio |
Thursday, Oct. 1 | Mathematical Foundations | Daraio |
Tuesday, Oct. 6 | Kinematics: Strain | Yang |
Thursday, Oct. 8 | Kinematics: Strain | Yang |
Tuesday, Oct. 13 | Forces and Equilibrium | Daraio |
Thursday, Oct. 15 | Constitutive Relations | Bhat |
Tuesday, Oct. 20 | Boundary Value Problems/Compatibility | Daraio |
Thursday, Oct. 22 | Plane Strain/Plane stress | Daraio |
Tuesday, Oct. 27 | Sample BVPs | Daraio |
Thursday, Oct. 29 | Saint Venants Principle | Daraio |
Tuesday, Nov. 3 | Midterm Review | Kovalchick |
Thursday, Nov. 5 | Midterm Due Date - - No Class | --- |
Tuesday, Nov. 10 | Airy Stress Potential/Plate Problems | Daraio |
Thursday, Nov. 12 | St Venants Principle/Energy Methods | Daraio |
Tuesday, Nov. 17 | Energy Methods/FEM | Daraio |
Thursday, Nov. 19 | Finite Elements | Daraio/Spadoni |
Tuesday, Nov. 24 | Finite Elements | Daraio |
Thursday, Nov. 26 | Thanksgiving - - Happy Holidays! | --- |
Tuesday, Dec. 1 | Problems/Examples on Energy Methods | Daraio |
Thursday, Dec. 3 | Final Review OR Hertz Contact Problem | Kovalchick/Daraio |
Tuesday, Dec. 9 | FINAL DUE DATE | |
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