ME 710: Computational Methods in Structural Analysis: Course Material

Contacting Instructors

  • Dr. Slater

    General Materials of Interest

  • Course Syllabus
  • Matlab code for graphically illustrating the Max-Min principle
  • Old Exams
  • Extra Notes
  • Homework
  • Notes (use me710 as the password)

    • Other Reference Materials

  • Mathematica notebook applying Galerkin's method to a cantilever beam with a tip mass (incomplete).
  • Mathematica notebook applying Galerkin's method to a cantilever beam with a tip mass (incomplete). (pdf)
  • Craig, Roy R., Structural dynamics : an introduction to computer methods, Wiley, c1981.
  • Shames, I.H. and Dym, C.L., Energy and Finite Element Methods in Structural Mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1985.
  • Weaver, W., Timoshenko, S., and Young, D.H., Vibration problems in engineering, Wiley, 1990.
  • Goldstein, H., Classical Mechanics, Addison-Wesley Press, 1950.
  • Tongue, B, Principles of Vibration, 2002.

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