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ME 306 Strength of Materials II

This course examines principal stresses; Mohr's Circle; thin-walled pressure vessels, beam theory including shear and bending moment diagrams, deflection, elastic curves, indeterminate beams, energy methods, the use of superposition, impact effects and column theory.  Experiments are performed in the lab to reinforce these aspects of theory.  This course has a design project.  (Prerequisite:  ME205).