MechMat: Introduction, Physical Units, and Scaling Relationships

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MechMat 1: Introduction and Physical Units – YouTube playlist

Mechanics of Materials – Session 1: Introduction, Physical Units, and Scaling Relationships
We discuss the importance of the course, discuss the format of the course, solve problems related to units, and scaling relationships for supportable loads of bars (axial loading), shafts (torsional loading), and beams (transverse loading).

Session 1: Introduction, Physical Units, and Scaling Relationships

Session 1: Introduction and Physical Units for Mechanics of Materials
Start from 10:04 to skip logistics for 650:291 in Spring of 2023.

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Colab

Session 1: MechMat – Intro and Units – Colab IPython Jupyter Notebook

Additional Video Content

Live MechMat Session: Introduction, Physical Units, and Scaling Laws
Date: September 5, 2023

Live MechMat Session: Introduction, Physical Units, and Scaling Laws
Date: May 30, 2023

5-minute Heads Up
Cheng-fu Chen has a video series on mechanics of materials.

Mechanics of Materials – 5 Min Heads Up (Cheng-fu Chen)
Watch up to 3:23.

Mechanics of Materials – Lesson 1 (Jeff Hanson)
Jeff Hanson has excellent video series on statics and mechanics of materials.

Mechanics of Materials – Lesson 1 (Jeff Hanson)
Watch up to 1:21.

Dimensional Analysis
This video describes dimensional analysis for converting between units of measurement.

Dimensional Analysis (The Organic Chemistry Tutor)
Watch from 2:22 to 4:24.

Online Text

Introduction to Mechanics of Materials – Wikibooks
Strength of materials – Wikipedia
Mechanics & Materials I | Mechanical Engineering | MIT OpenCourseWare
Structural Mechanics (Wierzbicki) – Engineering LibreTexts
Mechanics & Materials I | Mechanical Engineering | MIT OpenCourseWare
lec1.pdf | Mechanics & Materials | MIT OpenCourseWare

Printed Text

Hibbeler, Chapter 1. General Principles, Statics, 14th Edition, 2016.
Section 1.6 of Hibbeler’s Statics states the following: “Attending a lecture, reading this book, and studying the example problems helps, but the most effective way of learning the principles of engineering mechanics is to solve problems.“

For complementary information, see our YouTube Channel and the Wikibook.