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APPLIED MATHEMATICS
521: Plane Surveying:
11:30-12:30, 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, 2:305:30,
T. Th. or W. F.
Assistant Professor Evans, Mr. Forsyth and Field Assistants.
522: Engineering Drawing II:
Winter, 11:30-12:30, M. W. F.
Spring, 10:30-11:30, M. W. F.
Lecture Course: This course is an extension of course 523, and applies
the theoretical principles of orthographic representation to the problems of
industry. It includes: free-hand sketching, sectional views and commercial
conventions, pictorial representation, developments, principles of dimensioning,
detail and assembly drawings, tracing and reproduction, and commercial
practice.
572: 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, 8:30-10:30, M. W. F.
(Winter or Spring.)
Associate Professor Hesse, Mr. Irvine and Mr. Olsen.
523: Engineering Drawing I—Descriptive Geometry:
10:30-11:30, M. W. F.
Lecture Course: Theory of Engineering Drawing; orthographic projection,
point, line, and plane fundamentals; intersections; lettering and use of
equipment.
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, 8:30-10:30, M. W. F.
(Fall or Winter.)
Associate Professor Hesse, Mr. Irvine and Mr. Olsen.
524: Graphical Statics:
10:30-11:30, M. W. F.
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.
574: Practice Course: Each student executes a weekly plate 15 by 20
inches of problems based on the lectures. 6 hours a week, 11:30-1:30, M. W.
F. (Winter.)
Professor Saunders, Associate Professor Hesse and Mr. W. W.
Starke, Jr.
525: Structural Theory and Design:
10:30-11:30, M. W. F.
Lecture Course: Principles of design of certain elementary structures
such as the plate girder and steel roof truss. Some fundamental theory of
structures in general.
575: Practice Course: Design and detailed drawings of a roof truss and
plate girder, with complete computations for each. Other computations relating
to certain determinate structures. 6 hours a week, 11:30-1:30, M. W. F.
(Spring.)
Assistant Professor Evans, Associate Professor Hesse and Mr. W. W.
Starke, Jr.
526: Elementary Mechanics:
10:30-11:30, T. Th. S.
Composition and resolution of forces; friction; problems in equilibrium;
rectilinear motion, circular motion, projectile motion. (Spring.)
Assistant Professor Evans and Mr. Hahn.
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.
3 hours a week of supervised problem work, 2:30-5:30, Th. (Fall.)
Assistant Professor Evans and Mr. Hahn.
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. 3 hours a week of supervised problem work, 2:30-5:30, Th. (Winter.)
Assistant Professor Evans and Mr. Hahn.
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. (Spring.)
Associate Professor Henderson and Mr. Edwards.
Laboratory studies in Strength of Materials and Hydraulics are given in the
Classes in Experimental Engineering.
530: Machine Design: (For Electrical Course.)
11:30-12:30, 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.
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, 11:30-1:30,
M. W. F. (Spring.)
Associate Professor Hesse and Mr. Hahn.
531: Strength of Materials:
9:30-10:30, T. Th. S.
For students of Mechanical Engineering. An advanced course in this
subject covering such elements as theories of failure, curved flexual members,
and localized stresses, with a discussion of photoelastic analysis. (Winter.)
Assistant Professor Evans.
581: Engineering Design: (For Chemical Course.)
7 hours a week.
Machine and structural elements; elementary graphic statics; applications
of mechanics to problems of power transmission, conveying and materials
handling. The course is planned to teach students to attack problems
of design in an orderly manner. The major portion of the work is individual,
and is done in the laboratory, with one lecture each week on design
and application. (Winter.)
Associate Professor Hesse and Mr. Hahn.
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