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I have included four types of downloads that are intended to help self learners study or instructors teach Intermediate Mechanics of Materials. This online material has been created for educational use by faculty and students. Sale of this copyrighted material for profit, in part or whole, is prohibited.

Chapter 9: Finite Element Method

The chapter on the finite element method is to accompany the second edition of my Intermediate Mechanics of Materials book. It has cross references to other chapters in the book.

Syllabus

The sample syllabus available as a PDF and shows the syllabus in readable format. The syllabus in text for is uploading it into a spreadsheet or a word processor. The column entries seen in the pdf file are separated by tabs in the text file.
Syllabus as PDF file     Syllabus as TXT file

Slides

The slides contains images, which can be downloaded and cropped for purpose of creating your own slides.
Chapter 1: Stress and Strain
Chapter 2: Material Description
Chapter 3: Basic Structural Members
Chapter 4: Composite Structural Members
Chapter 5: Inelastic Structural Behavior
Chapter 6: Thin-Walled Structural Members
Chapter 7: Energy Methods
Chapter 8: Elasticity and the Mechanics of Materials

Sample Exams:

The posted exams are ones I have used in class. If images appear distorted, download the file rather than view it in the browser. I give a formula sheet with each exam that is posted below.

Formula Sheet

Midterm 1
April 2000     October 2000         October 2003         October 2004     February 2015

Midterm 2
May 2000     November 2003     November 2004   April 2015

Final
May 1992     December 2000     December 2003     December 2004    April 2015