website for AM35B




AM 35a:

Statics

Fall 2000


Instructor

Keith Porter
229 Thomas
626-395-4141 (fax: 419-828-6734)
Office hours: Tues. 11-12, Thurs. 2-3

Teaching Assistants

John Clinton
014 Thomas
jclinton@caltech.edu
626-395-4158
TA hours: Wed. 2-3

Swaminathan Krishnan
110 Thomas
krishnan@ecf.caltech.edu
626-395-4236
TA hours: Mon. 4-5

Mandar M. Inamdar
212a Thomas
mandar@caltech.edu
626-395-4648
TA hours: Fri. 2-3


Lectures

Mon. 11-12am, Wed. 11-12am, Fri. 11-12am
306 Thomas

Course Details

Units 3-0-6

Text:  Housner and Hudson, 1966 ($18:80 @ CE Office) (required)
Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Beer F.P. and Johnston, E.R., 1988, 5th ed., McGraw Hill (recommended)


Grading:
notes: an overall factor of .85 to 1.0 will be added to reflect attendance
(attendance requirement waived for ACM95 students who attend the ACM95 lectures)
Final Grades: A : 90-100%, B : 80 - 89% ...

Assignments and Exams
 
note: links to files to download will be added as H/W sets are handed out, solutions usually posted at midday of due date
 
Homework #1 Housner & Hudson: Applied Mechanics Statics
1.10 1.18, 2.3, 2.5		 Solutions
Homework #2: DUE WED 10/18 Problem Statement
Housner & Hudson: Applied Mechanics Statics
2.15, NEW, 2.36, 3.1, 3.15		 Solutions (corrected 25Oct00)
Homework #3: DUE WED 10/25 @ 12pm Problem Statement Solutions
Midterm Problem Statement
Q4 Figure		 Solutions
Homework #4 Problem Statement Solutions
Homework #5 Problem Statement Solutions
Final Problem Statement Solutions

Last modified: Wed Sep 24 15:12:50 PDT 2003