UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO

SPRING 2014

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND MATERIAL ENGINEERING

CME 203 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

Instructors: Mustafa Mahamid, Ph.D., S.E., P.E., LEED AP Lectures: MWF 9:00 -9:50 AM Classroom: Lecture Center Building D002 Office Hours: M W 11:00 AM-01:00 PM, R 4:00-4:45 PM, F 11:00-12:100 PM Teaching Assistants: Abraham Nazarian, email: enazar2@uic.edu Office hours: T R: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Room ERF 2077, Ph. 312 404 0254 Mahmoudifard, Seyed Mehdi, email: smahmo24@uic.edu Office hours: M W F: 10:30 AM-12:00 Noon, Room ERF 2077, Ph. 312-996-0962 Phone: 312.355.0364 E-mail: mmahamid@uic.edu

Course Information and Policies

Textbooks and Other Materials: Required:
Mechanics of Materials, 8th Edition James M. Gere | Barry J. Goodno ISBN-13: 9781111577735 2013

Homework: The homework will be assigned weekly in class on Friday and will be due in a week. Please note that homework assignments will be collected at the beginning of the class, and no late homework will be graded except for an emergency. All homework assignments are to be submitted on engineering papers with clear text and drawings done neatly using straight edge. Exams: Two midterm exams will be given on Wednesdays February 12 and March 12, respectively, as specified in the attached schedule. The materials covered in the midterm exams will be specified in classes prior to the midterm exams. The final examination will be given on the day as scheduled by the University. Grading System: The final grade for the course will be calculated based on the following weights: 10% for homework assignments, 10% for quizzes, 50% for the midterm exam, and 30% final exam.

CME 203, M. Mahamid, Spring 2014

Course Outline
Week
1 01/13 2 01/20 3 01/27

Lectures on
Chapter 1: Tension, compression, shear and bearing stresses Chapter 2: Axially loaded members Chapter 3: Torsion

4 02/03 5 02/10

Chapter 4:Shear Forces and Bending moments

Chapter 4:Shear Forces and Bending moments Midterm Exam 1

6 02/17 7 02/24 8 03/03 9 03/10 10 03/17 11 03/24 12 03/31 13 04/07 14 04/14 15 04/21 16 04/28

Chapter 5:Stresses in Beams Basic topics Chapter 6:Stresses in Beams Advanced topics Chapter 7: Analysis of Stress and Strain Chapter 7: Analysis of Stress and Strain Midterm Exam 2 Chapter 9: Deflection of Beams Spring Break Chapter 9: Deflection of Beams Chapter 10: Statically indeterminate beams Chapter 10: Statically indeterminate beams Chapter 11: Columns Chapter 11: Columns

CME 203, M. Mahamid, Spring 2014