图片为X-31、国际太空站和Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill桥。（译者注 :X-31是美国和德国共同试验的一个平台，试验的主要目标是提高现有战斗机的机动性。推力向量技术验证机。Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill桥是Christian Menn设计的美国最宽的悬索桥－波士顿。）图片来自于美国国家航空宇航总署和开放式课程.)。 The X-31, the International Space Station, and the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge. (Photos courtesy of NASA and OCW.)
Applies solid mechanics to analysis of high-technology structures. Structural design considerations. Review of three-dimensional elasticity theory; stress, strain, anisotropic materials, and heating effects. Two-dimensional plane stress and plane strain problems. Torsion theory for arbitrary sections. Bending of unsymmetrical section and mixed material beams. Bending, shear, and torsion of thin-wall shell beams. Buckling of columns and stability phenomena. Introduction to structural dynamics. Exercises in the design of general and aerospace structures.
