Mechanics of Materials

1.    Duration: 2.5 hours

 

2.    Closed-notes/book except for one (1) page of notes (front and back, 8 ½” x 11”) 

3.    Suggested material for study: Any basic "Strength of Materials" textbooks (e.g., Mechanics of Materials by Gere and Timoshenko; Beer, Johnston, and De Wolf; or Hibbeler)

 

4.    Topics covered: Stress and strain, basic material properties, transformation of stress and strain, torsion, pure bending, transverse loading, and deflection of beams

 

5.    Topics not covered: Energy methods and plastic deformation

 

6.    Nature of exam: mainly problems (up to 4 problems), applications, some "concepts." Calculators are allowed.