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Engineering Mechanics
Department of Civil Engineering
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EM 205 MECHANICS
EM 215 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
EM 251 STATICS AND PARTICLE DYNAMICS
EM 252 RIGID BODY MECHANICS
EM 253 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
EM 280 SPECIAL TOPICS
EM 289R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
EM 290R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
EM 331 APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS
EM 335 MECHANICS OF FLUIDS
EM 415 ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
EM 435 FLUID DYNAMICS
EM 470 INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS
EM 480 SPECIAL TOPICS
EM 489R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
EM 490R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
EM 506 ADVANCED DYNAMICS
EM 510 ELASTIC AND INELASTIC ANALYSIS I
EM 512 ELASTIC AND INELASTIC ANALYSIS II
EM 518 THEORY OF PLATES & SHELLS
EM 525 CONTINUUM MECHANICS
EM 526 ADVANCED CONTINUUM MECHANICS
EM 560 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN ENGINEERING
EM 570 INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS
EM 580 SPECIAL TOPICS
EM 205 MECHANICS
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: PHYS 205.
COREQUISITE: MATH 176.
-- Force systems in equilibrium and applications to structural trusses and frames; section properties; distributed force systems; shear and moment distributions in beams; basic particle dynamics.
EM 215 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 205.
-- Equilibrium and deformation of structural elements; concepts of stress and strain and interrelationship; representation and transformation of combined stress states; axial, torsional and flexural stresses and deformation; column buckling.
EM 251 STATICS AND PARTICLE DYNAMICS
F,S,Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: PHYS 211.
COREQUISITE: MATH 224.
-- Equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies; analysis of structures, coulomb friction, kinematics, kinetics, work-energy for particles.
EM 252 RIGID BODY MECHANICS
F,S; Su 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 251.
-- Mass centers and centroids, moments and products of inertia, kinematics, kinetics, work-energy, impulse-momentum for rigid bodies, vibration of rigid bodies, and beams.
EM 253 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 251.
-- Stress and strain, Hooke's Law, thermal strain, torsion, bending of beams, combined stress, limit analysis, energy methods, virtual work, column theory.
EM 280 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: None required but some may be determined necessary by each offering department.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.
EM 289R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
F,S 1-3 cr. RCT may be repeated
-- Classroom instruction associated with directed undergraduate research/creative activity projects.
EM 290R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
F,S 1-6 cr. IND may be repeated
-- Directed undergraduate research/creative activity which may culminate in a written work or other creative project.
EM 331 APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 215 or EM 253.
-- Basic principles of fluid mechanics: pressure measurement, forces on submerged areas, fluid flow through conduits, parallel pipe systems, open channel flow, forces caused by fluids in motion, pumps, flow of air in ducts.
EM 335 MECHANICS OF FLUIDS
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 252, EM 253.
-- Introduction to modern fluid mechanics.
EM 415 ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 253.
-- Advanced topics in deformational mechanics of materials; application to contemporary engineering problems. Computer applications.
EM 435 FLUID DYNAMICS
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 335
-- Equations governing steady and unsteady fluid flow; applications to contemporary engineering problems. Computer applications.
EM 470 INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, consent of instructor, and approval of Department Head.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
EM 480 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Course prerequisites as determined for each offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.
EM 489R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTION
F,S,Su 1 - 2 cr. RCT May be repeated. Max 4 cr.
COREQUISITE: EM 490.
-- Classroom instruction associated with directed undergraduate research/creative activity projects.
EM 490R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/CREATIVE ACTIVITY
F,S,Su 1 - 4 cr. IND May be repeated. Max 12 cr.
-- Directed undergraduate research/creative activity which may culminate in a research paper, journal article, or undergraduate thesis.
EM 506 ADVANCED DYNAMICS
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 335.
-- Kinematics of particles, rigid bodies, and mechanisms. Lagrange's equations, constraints, applications, and numerical solutions.
EM 510 ELASTIC AND INELASTIC ANALYSIS I
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 525 or EM 415.
-- Fundamentals of linear elasticity, linear viscoelasticity and plasticity. A previous knowledge of Cartesian tensors in conjunction with small deformation stress and strain theory are expected. Correspondence principles for elastic and viscoelastic materials and analogy between elastic and inelastic materials will be presented. Constitutive theories of linear elasticity, linear viscoelasticity, and plasticity. Application to static structural theories for beams, torsion, plane stress, and plane strain will be covered for elastic and inelastic behavior.
EM 512 ELASTIC AND INELASTIC ANALYSIS II
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 510.
-- Topics in two and three dimensional linear and nonlinear elasticity, viscoelasticity, and plasticity, including large deformation theory, computer applications.
EM 518 THEORY OF PLATES & SHELLS
S alternate years, to be offered 2010 2 cr. LEC 2
PREREQUISITE: EM 415.
-- Theory of small plate deformations, membrane shell theory, shell bending.
EM 525 CONTINUUM MECHANICS
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 415 or ME 426.
-- Solid and fluid mechanics, laws of vector and tensor transformations, vector and tensor calculus using cartesian tensors, theory of deformation, principles of thermodynamics, constitutive equations for elastic solids and viscous fluids.
EM 526 ADVANCED CONTINUUM MECHANICS
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: EM 525.
-- Laws of vector and tensor transformations using non-orthogonal tensors. Large deformation theory, constitutive equations for nonlinear solids and fluids.
EM 560 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN ENGINEERING
F 3 cr. LEC 2 LAB 1
PREREQUISITE: EM 415 or EM 435.
-- General finite element analysis. Application to the classical equations of fluid, solid, and thermal mechanics.
EM 570 INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 4 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor, approval of Department Head and Dean of Graduate Studies.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
EM 580 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Upper division courses and others as determined for each offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability and demand before requesting a regular course number.
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