Spring 2022
Prof. Chandra Sekher Yerramalli
Author: Goparaju Khushal
Pre-requisite courses: AE 227
Pre-requisite skills: None
Course Content:
- Principle of Virtual Work
- Minimization of Potential Energy
- First Variation of Single/double/triple integrals to get the governing equations
- Lagrangian formulation for motion
- Using energy principles to solve different problems starting from general rigid bodies to deformable structures
Motivation to take up the course: This is a very powerful technique used for various types of structural problems
Course Evaluation Structure: 4 exams (25% each)
Quizzes/Midsem/Endsem papers Difficulty: 4/5
Assignments/Project Difficulty: 5/5
Info about Projects/Assignments: None, but he gives ungraded HWs for practice and doing them will make the course easy —
General funda: Chill course, can be learnt by enjoying it, not much time commitment provided that you are up to date with daily concepts
Professor’s Teaching Style: Prof is chill, teaches well, easy and direct to follow and understand, classes will only go for 30 min or so and rest for discussion if any
References OR online resources: Henry L Langhaar - Energy methods in applied mechanics
Should you do this course?: Anyone interested in structures or want to explore structures