EG 320 - Solid Mechanics Laboratory

(2.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: EG 051 , EG 351 . Corequisite: EG 390 , EG 420 . A lecture-laboratory course providing an empirical and theoretical foundation for selected topics in the mechanics of materials. Topics include mechanical properties testing techniques; experiments in elastic and plastic deformation; stress; strain and instability measurements; engineering design of load cells; experimental and theoretical study of stress concentration and statically indeterminate structures; introduction to failure criteria; elastic curve theory; development and assessment of Euler buckling theory; stress and strain transformations; and the derivation and use of Mohr's circle.