CVEN 221 Section 501
STATICS
The Art of Making Things Sit Still
Course Syllabus - Spring 2008 
MW 1:50 - 2:40 pm
MW 2:50 - 3:40 pm
CVEN Room 110

What's wrong with this picture? (Rube Goldberg was not statics savvy)

Please note that although your grade in CVEN 221 will be highly influenced by your ability to do everything covered in the class, you MUST be able to find forces in trusses by the method of joints and the method of sections, to calculate reactions on beams, and be able to draw shear and moment diagrams, or you will not pass. These things are critical and the professors teaching later courses will flunk you and fire me if you go into their classes unable to perform to this minimum level of competency.

Help for this course is available from the people shown below, at the office hours listed only.

Professor of Record: Lee L. Lowery, Jr., PhD, P.E.

Office: Old CE Building, Room 139C
Phone: 845-4395 (Office), 775-5401 (Home)
e-mail: Lowery@tamu.edu
Office Hours:
  • MWF 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
  • MWF 4:00 p.m. -  5:00 p.m.
  • TR 8:00 am - 10:30 a.m.

I try and keep my calendar up to date, and to add unexpected meetings as they arise. However, it will always be in your best interests to call before you come by, unless you are already in the area.

Half of my time is spent teaching CVEN 446, CVEN 221 and ENGR 485. During the remaining hours I am a Departmental Adviser and do multi-media teaching research and am unavailable for tutoring. Please plan on assistance either during my office hours, or see one of the teaching associates during their office hours.
 

Teaching Associate:  Bryan Erwin 
   Office: Civil Engineering Room 010
  Office Desk: Has "221" sign over desk
  Office Phone:
  e-mail: berwin_1@tamu.edu

  Office hours:  

  • MW 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

  • TR 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Teaching Associate:  Seung-ryong Han
 
   Office: Civil Engineering Room 010
  Office Desk: Has "221" sign over desk
  Office Phone:
  e-mail: hoanung@tamu.edu

  Office hours:  
  • MW 9:30 am to 11:30 am
  • TR 10:20AM~12:00PM & 1:00PM~2:20PM
  • On Friday by appointment

Textbook: The textbook is excellent - one of the best:

Looking for a used textbook? The ISBN Number is 0-471-05333-3

Catalog Description:

Application of the fundamental principles of Newtonian mechanics to the statics of particles and the equilibrium of trusses, frames, beams and other rigid bodies. Forces; moments; trusses; beams; free body diagrams; friction; equilibrium; first and second moments of lines, areas, and volumes; centers of pressure, mass, and gravity; and moments of inertia. Vector algebra and calculus are used. Prerequisites: Admission to a major sequence in Civil Engineering; MATH 251 or 253, or registration therein; PHYS 218.

Course Objectives:

Learning Outcomes - This course emphasizes the following ABET Learning Outcomes. Note that the letters refer to those used by ABET.

Course Prerequisites:

To take CVEN 221, you must have been admitted to upper level in Civil Engineering, and have received a passing grade (no D's, F's or I's) in PHYS 218, and have completed or be registered in MATH 251 or MATH 253.

Course Assessment:

Syllabus Information:

Resources available to the student:

The correct time (to the nanosecond)

Topics Covered: 

Date

Class No.

Material in this column will be covered from the Riley text.

NOTE! Read all hyperlinked syllabus material listed at the bottom of this page.

Note that the page coverage listed below is approximate, depending on our ability to cover the materials.

Homework Assignments

Each problem listed is worth 10 points, unless otherwise noted. Problem hints, if any, and other relevant information are hyperlinked. All homework problems are due 1 week from the date assigned, unless otherwise specified below.
Mon
1/14		 1 General Principles
Material covered in text sections 2.1-2.4		 MANDATORY!
Click here to begin course.

Next: Read all hyperlinked syllabus material at the bottom of this page.

Homework Problems
Chapter 2
4,10,20,28,33,37,51,55
Do all of these problems using x and y components, not law of sines as stated in book.
Due Class 4
Wed
1/16		 2 Concurrent Force Systems 2.4-2.7
Material covered in text sections 		Homework Problems
Chapter 2
63,65,67,69,73,78,82
Due Class 5
Wed
1/23		 3 Concurrent Force Systems; Statics of Particles
Material covered in text sections
 3.1-3.3		 Homework Problems
Chapter 3
2,4,5,6,8,11.14,17
Due Class 6
Mon
1/28		 4 Statics of Particles
Material covered in text sections 3.3		 Homework Problems
Chapter 3
12,13,18,21,23,26
Due Class 6
(Yep, class 6)
Wed
1/30		 5 Equivalent Force/Moment Systems
Material covered in text sections 4.1-4.2		 Homework Problems
Chapter 4
3,5,6,17,18,21,23,24
Due Class 7
Mon
2/4		 6 Equivalent Force/Moment Systems
Material covered in text sections 4.3-4.4
Force Components
Matrix Operations		 Homework Problems
Chapter 4
37,38,46,48,54,57,66,74
Due Class 8
Wed
2/6

7

 Equivalent Force/Moment Systems
Material covered in text sections 4.5-4.6 through pg 171		 Homework Problems
Chapter 4
97,99,101,105,113,114,117,126
Due Class 9
Mon
2/11		 8 Distributed Forces: Centroids and Center of Gravity
Material covered in text sections 5.1-5.3		 Homework Problems
Chapter 5
2,4,6,12,14,17,19
Due Class 10
Wed
2/13

9

 Distributed Forces: Centroids and Center of Gravity
Material covered in text sections 5.4-5.5		 Homework Problems
Chapter 5
32,35,37,40,49,52,56,62
Due Class 11
Mon
2/18		 10 Centroids and Center of Gravity
Material covered in text sections 5.6-5.7		 Homework Problems
Chapter 5
69,72,76,81,82,85,87
Due Class 12
Wed
2/20		 11 Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
Material covered in text sections 6.1-6.2

Pop Quiz

 Homework Problems
Chapter 6
1,2,3,4,6,10,11,13,14,20
Due Class 13 (Yep, due class 13)
Mon
2/25		 12 Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
Material covered in text sections 6.3

Pop Quiz

 Homework Problems
Chapter 6
34,37,38,40,45,64,65
Due Class 14
Wed
2/27		 13 Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
Material covered in text section 6.4
OMIT THIS SECTION FOR NOW

Quiz A - Held in CE 118
from 2:40 to 3:40pm
Covers sections 1.1 through 5.5

Class will still be held from
1:50 to 2:40.

 Homework Problems
Chapter 6
73,74,82,83,87,89
Due Class 15
OMIT THESE PROBLEMS FOR NOW

The only material permitted on Quiz A will be one 8-1/2x11 sheet of formulas, one side only, no example problems. The centroid table from the back page of the book will be included with the exam if needed. You need not bring it.
Mon
3/3		 14 Trusses, Frames, and Machines
Material covered in text sections 7.1		 Homework Problems
Chapter 7
2,4,7,9,10,16,17
Due Class 16
NOTE CHANGE IN DATE DUE - Due Class 17
Wed
3/5		 15 Trusses, Frames, and Machines
 Material covered in text sections 7.1,2		 Homework Problems
Chapter 7
37, 38, 44, 47, 51 (answer appears to be off by 10)
Due Class 17
NOTE CHANGE IN DATE DUE:
Due Class 18
Mon
3/17		 16 Trusses, Frames, and Machines
Material covered in text sections 7.2		 Homework Problems
Chapter 7
56, 59, 61, 62
Due Class 18
NOTE CHANGE IN DATE DUE:
Due Class 19
Wed
3/19

17

 Trusses, Frames, and Machines
Material covered in text sections 7.2		 Homework Problems
Chapter 7
83, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91
Due Class 19
Mon
3/24		 18 Trusses, Frames, and Machines
Material covered in text sections 7.4		 Homework Problems
Chapter 7
92, 95, 101, 103, 104, 106
Due class 20
Wed
3/26

19

 Internal Forces in Structural Members
Material covered in text sections 8.1-8.3
Practice with shear and moment diagrams		 Homework Problems
Chapter 8
Sign Convention
1,2,4,5,6,8,12,13
Due class 21
Mon
3/31		 20 Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams
Material covered in text sections 8.4		 Homework Problems
Chapter 8
15,16,17,19,20,23,27,29
Due class 22
Wed
4/2

21

 Review

Quiz B - Held in CE 118
from 2:40 - 3:40 pm
Covers sections 1.1-7.2
 with emphasis on sections 5.6-7.2

Class will still be held from
1:50 to 2:40.

 Homework Problems
Chapter 8
35,36,37,38,39,41,42,46
Due class 24

The only material permitted on Quiz B will be one 8-1/2x11 sheet of formulas, both sides, no example problems. The centroid table from the back page of the book will be included with the exam if needed. You need not bring it.
Mon
4/7		 22 Internal Forces in Structural Members
Material covered in text section 8.5		 Homework Problems
Chapter 8
51,54,56,60,64
Due class 24
Wed
4/9		 23 Civil Engineering Students
Go to Professional Day Meeting - No Class		 Homework Problem
For Civil Engineering students only - go to a Professional Day meeting and write a paragraph about the company you met with and what they talked about. Also what kind of free Pizza you ate.
Due class 25
Mon
4/14

24

 Cables, Friction
Material covered in text sections
8.6;  9.1-9.2		 Homework Problems
Chapter 8
69,73
Chapter 9
2,3,4,5,16,24
Due class 26
Wed
4/16		 25 Second Moments of Areas
Material covered in text sections 10.1-10.2, 10.3		 Homework Problems
Chapter 10
1,5,7,8,17,26,27
 Due class 27
Mon
4/21

26

 Second Moments of Areas
Material covered in text sections 10.3 pg 573-603		 Homework Problems
Chapter 10
33,34,37,38,47,48,51,52
Due class 28
Wed
4/23		 27 Review for final exam No homework
Mon
4/28		 28 Review for final exam Fully understand what we covered today and be prepared to work similar problems on the Final Exam.
Pick up homework you missed at my office.
 

 

Final Exam covers everything in the course, with emphasis on the last material over which you have not yet been examined.

Held on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in room 118

CHECK THIS DATE AND TIME FOR ACCURACY:

University Final Exam Schedules

 The final exam will be open textbook (Riley). It will cover everything in the course with emphasis on the material covered since the last major exam. The distribution of material is planned to be approximately: 15% over Quiz A materials, 15% Quiz B, and 70% over the material covered since Quiz B.

Please note that to pass this class you MUST be able draw shear and moment diagrams, find forces in truss members by method of joints and method of sections, determine the location of a centroid for a shape and the moment of inertia about that centroid, and solve for forces at pins in a frame. These are minimum competencies without which you MUST find a better prof and retake this class.

The following is the required ADA statement.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities, in Cain Hall or call 845-1637.

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 “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.”

All syllabi shall contain a section that states the Aggie Honor Code and refers the student to the Honor Council Rules and Procedures on the web: http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor

 

 

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