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ME 1: Statics and Mechanics of Materials

Forces and equilibrium, trusses, stress and strain, axial load, torsion, bending, deflection and buckling.

Forces and equilibrium, trusses, stress and strain, axial load, torsion, bending, deflection and buckling. Free courses and textbooks, a self-check for every unit, and a build you can rerun, confirmed by people. Course 1 of the Varsity Curriculum: Mechanical Engineering.

Part of: Mechanical Eng. · Proves for: UG

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Learn Differentiation (MIT Calculus 1A)

Maths you need first (reused from the Mathematics or Data Science curriculum; optional here).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Do the course work in public
  2. 2Show a derivative at work in code
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Physics 1: Mechanics

Physics 1: Mechanics (reused from the Physics curriculum; optional here).

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4 milestones

  1. 1Motion and Newton's laws
  2. 2Energy and momentum
  3. 3Rotation and gravity
  4. 4Measure g with a pendulum
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ME 1: Statics and Mechanics of Materials

Course 1: 3 units and a build.

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4 milestones

  1. 1Forces, moments, equilibrium and trusses
  2. 2Stress, strain, axial load and torsion
  3. 3Beams: bending, shear, deflection and buckling
  4. 4Load a beam and predict how far it bends
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Mechanical Structural Analysis

Practice: analyse a real mechanical structure (reused; optional).

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3 milestones

  1. 1Define the Structural Problem and Load Case
  2. 2Perform Structural Analysis and Stress Calculation
  3. 3Write the Structural Analysis Report and Present Results

Resources for this path

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Free MIT course: lecture notes and problem sets on statics and deformable solids.

Free MIT course with its own textbook, problem sets with solutions and design exercises.

Free MIT text on trusses, stress, strain, beams and buckling.

Free open statics textbook with interactive figures and review problems.

Free open textbook (CC BY 4.0): statics, elasticity and fluid mechanics chapters.

Free lecture videos and notes. NPTEL's proctored exam and certificate are optional and cost money; you never need them here.