2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

ENGR 420 Intermediate Mechanics of Materials

Intermediate Mechanics of Materials expands of ENGR 220 and provides more advanced applications of mechanics of materials. Topics include curved beams, thick-walled cylinders, unsymmetrical bending, failure theories and energy methods for statically indeterminate problems. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGR 220

Offered

As needed

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyze statically indeterminate structures
  2. Use relevant failure theories for mechanical bodies
  3. Apply fatigue theory and empirical correlations
  4. Account for creep in design
  5. Understand crack theory and how to apply it
  6. Perform an analysis of curved beams
  7. Understand 3D stress states along with elastic strain
  8. Apply analytic techniques to curved beams
  9. Use energy methods for solving engineering problems
  10. Analyze thick walled cylinders