MAE 131ASolid Mechanics I
Concepts of stress and strain. Hooke’s Law. Axial loading of bars. Torsion of circular shafts. Shearing and normal stresses in beam bending. Deflections in beams. Statically determinate and indeterminate problems. Combined loading. Principal stresses and design criteria. Buckling of columns.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “MATH 20D and MAE 30A or MAE 130A or SE 101A.”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Spring (10 programs).
Required in (6)
- AeroEng w/Spec Aerothermodynam
- AeroEng w/Spec Astrodynm&SpcAp
- AeroEng w/Spec FlightDyn&Contl
- Aerospace Engineering (B.S.)
- Mechanical Engineering (B.S.)
- Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Controls and Robotics (B.S.)
Courses that list MAE 131A as a prerequisite (8)
- MAE 131B Fundamentals of Solid Mechanics II
- MAE 133 Finite Element Methods in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- MAE 153 Design of Machine Components
- MAE 156A Fundamental Principles of Mechanical Design I
- MAE 160 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
- SE 142 Mechanics and Design of Composite Structures
- SE 160A Aerospace Structural Mechanics I
- SE 171 Aerospace Structures Repair