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Applied Mechanics. [Thornton].
This course includes the divisions of Applied Mechanics most important
for the equipment of the engineer. The subjects treated are as follows:
Fall Term.—Strength of Materials, with applications to the analysis
and design of the elements of structures and machines.
Winter Term.—Stability of Structures; retaining walls and reservoir
dams, continuous girders and swing bridges, cables for aörial transmission
lines and suspension bridges, and elastic ribs of steel, and arches of
masonry and reinforced concrete.
Spring Term.—Hydraulic Motors and Pumps; the dynamic action of
streams of water, the theory and design of water wheels and turbines, the
principles of construction and operation of centrifugal pumps and turbine
pumps; and the methods of hydraulic power transmission.
The course is arranged so that it may be taken parallel with
Theoretical Mechanics 1. Lectures, 9-10, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
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