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APPLIED MATHEMATICS

521: Plane Surveying:

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lecture course: Theory, uses, and adjustments of compass, level, transit,
and stadia. Special methods of land, city, topographic and mining surveys.
Survey computation and maps. (Fall or Spring.)

571: Field course: Practical use of chain and tape, level, compass,
transit and stadia. Field notes, records and reports. 6 hours a week.

Professor Saunders and Assistants.

522: Mechanical Drawing:

10:30-11:30, M. W. F.

Lecture course: Principles of lettering; use of instruments and drawing
equipment; geometric constructions; orthographic projection; sectional views
and commercial conventions; free-hand sketching; pictorial representation;
principles of dimensioning; detail and assembly drawings; commercial practice.
(Fall or Winter.)

572: Practice course: The students execute a series of drawings, applying
the principles acquired in the lecture course, in pencil and ink, on
paper and tracing cloth. 6 hours a week.

Associate Professor Hesse and Assistants.

523: Descriptive Geometry:

12:30-1:30, M. W. F. Winter

10:30-11:30, M. W. F. Spring

Lecture course: Orthographic projection; point, line and plane fundamentals;
intersections; developments and applications. (Winter or Spring.)

573: Practice course: The students execute a series of drawings, applying
the principles acquired in the lecture course to problems selected
from various branches of engineering. 6 hours a week.

Associate Professor Hesse and Assistants.

524: Graphical Statics:

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

Lecture course: Graphic composition and resolution of forces; centers
of gravity and moments of inertia; strain sheets for simple types of roof and
bridge trusses; beams under fixed and rolling loads; reservoir dams and retaining
walls; internal stresses and beam deflections. (Winter.)

574: Practice course: Each student executes a weekly plate 15″ × 20″
of problems based on the lectures. 6 hours a week.

Professor Saunders, Associate Professor Hesse and Mr. Peterson.

525: Structural Drawing:

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

Lecture course: Graphic analysis of steel and timber trusses for roofs
and bridges; of solid beams and plate girder bridges; and of reinforced concrete
slabs, girders, columns, and retaining walls. (Spring.)

575: Practice course: Design and detailed drawings of simple examples
of roofs and bridges, with complete computations for each structure. 6
hours a week.

Professor Saunders, Associate Professor Hesse and Mr. Peterson.

526: Elementary Mechanics:

12:30-1:30, T. Th. S.

Lecture course: Composition and resolution of forces; friction; problems
in equilibrium; rectilinear motion, circular motion, projectile motion.
(Spring.)

576: Practice course: Solution of weekly problems in mechanics by
graphical and analytical methods. 6 hours a week.

Associate Professor Miller and Mr. Sutherland.

527: Applied Mechanics:

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

Review of elementary mechanics; dynamics of a particle; moments of
inertia; revolving bodies; rolling bodies; theory of work and energy; collision
of elastic solids; dynamics of the Steam Engine.

Weekly problems are assigned for solution by graphical and analytical methods.
(Fall.)

Associate Professor Miller and Mr. G. G. Quarles.

528: Strength of Materials:

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

Fundamental laws of stress and strain; straining actions and stresses in
ties and struts, beams and shafts, reinforced concrete slabs and girders; deflections
in simple, restrained and continuous girders; columns under axial and eccentric
loads. Laboratory courses 661-2-3. (Winter.)

Associate Professor Miller and Mr. G. G. Quarles.

529: Hydraulics:

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

Equilibrium of fluids, applied to the analysis and design of thin and thick
shells and pipes, dams and weirs. Motion of fluids and discharges from orifices,
weir notches, pipes, canals, and rivers. Principles of linear and angular
momentum with applications to the analysis and design of hydraulic motors and
pumps. Laboratory course 680. (Spring.)

Associate Professor Henderson and Mr. G. G. Quarles.

Laboratory studies in Strength of Materials and Hydraulics are given in the
Classes in Experimental Engineering.

530: Machine Design: (For Electrical Course.)

10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.

Lecture course: Materials and methods of Machine Design; friction,
lubrication, plain, roller and ball bearings; positive and friction clutches; belt,
rope and chain transmission; gearing and commercial speed reducers; riveted
and screw fastenings; fits; shafts; flywheels; machine frames. (Spring.)

580: Practice course: Application of principles studied in the lecture
course to problems of particular interest to the Electrical Engineer. Design,
re-design, selection and layout of equipment. 6 hours a week.

Associate Professor Hesse.

541-542-543: Mining:

11:30-12:30, M. W. F.

Mine Surveying and Prospecting (Fall); Exploitation of Mines (Winter);
Mining Machinery (Spring). This course is for Seniors and requires as a
prerequisite the completion of the studies of the first three years.