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ESM-2204: Mechanics of Deformable Bodies

Description: Concepts of stress, strain, and deformation. Factor of safety. Stress-strain relationships and material properties. Stress concentrations. Area moments of inertia. Axially loaded members, torsionally loaded members, bending of beams. Shear and moment diagrams. Stresses due to combined loading. Thin-walled pressure vessels. Transformation of stress including Mohrs circle. Beam deflections and buckling stability.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 92

Average GPA: 2.76 (rounds to B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 21.51%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 6.16%

Surot Thangjitham202021.6%24.7%16.3%6.0%6.8%24.6%2.615
Bilel Aidi202419.2%38.6%24.6%8.6%4.0%4.9%2.5916
Jared C Gragg202423.8%33.9%29.7%5.4%5.1%2.1%2.678
Christopher L Galitz202336.3%29.0%21.0%7.4%2.0%4.5%2.9614
James K Lord202428.5%31.7%22.3%9.3%5.5%2.7%2.6818
Sneha P Davison202432.3%21.1%19.3%9.5%6.6%11.2%2.7115
Staff Dubik202442.3%29.6%16.9%4.2%2.8%4.2%3.081
Tsu Sheng Chang202339.1%33.9%16.5%4.6%1.7%4.2%3.059
Yangsoo Kim202123.5%70.5%5.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.181
Hodjat Pendar20199.8%33.1%35.1%8.7%4.8%8.7%2.402
Samuel R Cook202359.3%18.6%7.5%0.0%3.7%11.1%3.371
Scott Eugene Saverot202140.0%34.0%20.0%0.0%6.0%0.0%2.951
Shirazi Staff Jahromi202053.0%41.2%0.0%0.0%5.9%0.0%3.351

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Summer II 2019Winter 2019Summer I 2020Winter 2020Summer I 2021Winter 2021Summer I 2022Winter 2022Summer I 2023Winter 2023Fall 2024Term050% W