Lectures in course ME-411: Mechanics of slender structures

Covers the mechanics of slender structures, focusing on crane mechanics and internal loads.

Covers the analysis of internal loads in truss structures and beams, including a two-dimensional model of a crane structure and modes of failure.

Explores the mechanics of slender structures, covering dimensional analysis, buckling, rods, plates, and shells.

Covers 3D linear elasticity, stress, strain, beams' behavior under loads, and torsion.

Explores 3D elasticity, beam bending, and buckling phenomena in slender structures.

Covers the analysis of internal loads in truss structures and beams, focusing on the design of individual elements.

Explores beam buckling, dimensionless analysis, and scalings in mechanics of slender structures.

Covers dimensional analysis, physical similarity, and structural mechanics, emphasizing the importance of scaling laws in solving complex problems.

Covers the review of 3D Linear Elasticity and beams, focusing on mechanics of slender structures.

Explores dimensional analysis, scaling laws, and the folding process of materials with an analogy to viscous fluids.

Investigates coiling patterns of thin elastic rods on rigid substrates, emphasizing natural curvature's role in pattern formation.

Explores fundamental physical dimensions, dimensional analysis, scaling laws, and the behavior of slender structures and thin beams.

Covers Euler's Elastica and the equilibrium shape of a bent beam using variational/energy methods.

Covers variational methods, equilibrium shape of a bent beam, Euler's Elastica, and numerical and analytical methods.

Explores dimensional analysis in slender structures and the analogy between paper folding and viscous fluids.