THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

EM 319 MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

SYLLABUS -- FALL 2008

 

UNIQUE NUMBERS: 14160, 14165, 14170, 14175

 

CLASS TIME:           MW 3:00 - 4:30 PM, GEA 105

 

INSTRUCTOR:         Dr. K. Ravi-Chandar, WRW 117B, 471-4213

kravi@mail.utexas.edu

 

OFFICE HOURS:      M 4:30 - 6::00 PM

 

Detailed first-day handout

 

Homework Assignments

 

Class Log

 

Homework Policy:

1. Late homework will not be accepted.

2. Show complete solution, with all the intermediate steps and calculations, to receive full credit for homework.

3. Turn in your homework on a standard US Letter paper, stapled together. Write clearly.

4. Selected homework problems will be graded and returned to you one week later.

5. Solutions to the homework problems will be posted on the class web page after the due date.

6. You may study together, but the solutions you turn in should be your own.

 

Tests:

1. All tests will be taken with books closed and without cheat sheets. All necessary formulas will be provided in the exam sheets.

2. Make-up tests will be given only under special circumstances.

3. Cheating will be handled according to the University Academic Dishonesty Policy.

 

EXAMINATIONS:

Mid-Term Exam #1

October 1, 2008

GEA 105

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Mid-Term Exam #2

November 5, 2008

GEA 105

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Final Exam

TBD

TBD

TBD

 

For details regarding the course, please see the First Day Handout above.