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APPLIED MATHEMATICS.
521. Plane Surveying. [Newcomb and Assistants.]
10-11, 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.
522. Mechanical Drawing. [Thornton and Assistants.]
10-11, M. W. F.
Lecture course: Plane problems, conic sections, graphic algebra.
plane sections and intersections of solid bodies. (Fall or Winter.)
572. Practice course: each week the student executes a finished plate
15″ × 20″ of exercises in mechanical drawing based on the lectures. 6
hours a week.
523. Descriptive Geometry. [Thornton and Assistants.]
10-11, M. W. F.
Lecture course: Fundamental problems on the point, line, and plane.
Projections, tangencies, and intersections of curved surfaces. Applications
to shades and shadows, problems in mining, and so on. (Winter or
Spring.)
573. Practice course: each student executes a weekly plate 15″ × 20″
of problems based on the lectures. 6 hours a week.
524. Graphical Statics. [Thornton and Assistants.]
12-1, 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″ × 20″
of problems based on the lectures. 6 hours a week.
525. Structural Drawing. [Thornton and Assistants.]
12-1, M. W. F.
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.
575. Practice course: Design and detailed drawings of simple examples
of roofs and bridges, with complete computations for each structure.
6 hours a week.
526. Elementary Mechanics. [Thornton and Assistants.]
12-1, M. W. F.
Lecture course. Composition and resolution of forces; friction; problems
in equilibrium; rectilinear motion, circular motion, projectile motion.
576. Practice course: Solution of weekly problems in mechanics by
graphical and analytical methods. 6 hours a week.
527. Applied Mechanics. [Thornton.]
12-1, 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.)
528. Strength of Materials. [Thornton.]
12-1, 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 course, 660. (Winter.)
529. Hydraulics. [Thornton.]
12-1, 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.)
Laboratory studies in Strength of Materials and Hydraulics are given
in the Classes in Experimental Engineering.
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