Structural Mechanics

A collage of three photos: the X-31, the International Space Station, and the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge.

The X-31, the International Space Station, and the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge. (Photos courtesy of NASA and OCW.)

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MIT Course Number

16.20

As Taught In

Fall 2002

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

Applies solid mechanics to analysis of high-technology structures. Structural design considerations. Review of three-dimensional elasticity theory; stress, strain, anisotropic materials, and heating effects. Two-dimensional plane stress and plane strain problems. Torsion theory for arbitrary sections. Bending of unsymmetrical section and mixed material beams. Bending, shear, and torsion of thin-wall shell beams. Buckling of columns and stability phenomena. Introduction to structural dynamics. Exercises in the design of general and aerospace structures.

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Paul Lagace. 16.20 Structural Mechanics. Fall 2002. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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