ME622 Stability of Thin-Walled Structures Spring 2004

Course Outline

Instructor: Dr. Judah Ari-Gur, Room F-246, Tel.: (269) 276-3419, Fax: (269) 387-3421

E-mail: judah.ari-gur@wmich.edu

Webpage: http://www.wmich.edu/mae/faculty/jag.htm

Office hours: Mon. & Thur. 2-2:50

Textbook: (none. See Bibliography)

Bibliography: (list distributed in class)

Catalog Description:

Bifurcation buckling of flat circular and rectangular plates. Interaction curves for combined loads. Effects of boundary conditions. Behavior of initially imperfect plates under inplane compression. Post-buckling behavior. Buckling of stringer-stiffened plates. Axisymmetric and asymmetric buckling of circular cylinders. Imperfection sensitivity and collapse of cylindrical shells.

Prerequisite: ME 621.

Grading: Homework (20%)

Seminar (25%)

FEA Research project (25%)

Final exam (30%) [Mon., 19 Apr., 2004, 7:15 p.m.]

A=90%- ; BA=85%- ; B=80%- ; CB=75%- ; C=70%- ; DC=65%- ; D=60%- .