Stressalyzer Computer homework assignments
TAM 202, Fall 2002

Paul Steif at Carnegie Mellon has written some software that is designed to help with the learning of some Strength of Materials concepts. The software has 6 modules and you are required to do parts of 2 of them for your homework. These are basically on-line tutorials, as was explained to us in the TAM seminar of Oct 18.

How to get to the software.
( Windows machines only. )

1) Go to http://www.me.cmu.edu/stressalyzer.
2) Download stressalyzer.
3) Unzip (by double clicking on the downloaded file).
4) Read the first 4 pages of the manual.

S1.(Stressalyzer assignment one): Axial loading. Due Oct 29.

Try this before the other homework problems. Then drop it if you are bored and do other homework. Come back to it later.

i)  Double click on Ctwinx.
ii) Double click on Axial.ctb.
1) Do these "problems" (this should take less than 2 hours):
   0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 15, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28
  You are free to do more problems than these if you find them fun or educational.

2) Hand in, on one piece of paper, this (copying the text below, making appropriate substitutions, and filling in the blanks)

Your name
I did these "problems": _________________
It took me ___ hours and ____ minutes.
The best part of these tutorials was (10 - 100 words):_______________
The worst part of these tutorials was (10 - 100 words):_____________


S2. Stress transformations: Goes with lecture of Nov. 4. Completely optional. Do for fun and education. Hand in nothing.

S3. Torsion. Goes with lectures on Nov 6 and Nov 11. Optional, like above.
S4. V,M diagrams. Due Nov 24.
     The module that you want to open for this is called "bend.axl"

1) Do these "problems" (this should takeless than 2 hours):
   1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 13
   You are free to do more problems than these if you find them fun or educational.

2) Hand in, on one piece of paper, this (copying the text below, making appropriate substitutions, and filling in the blanks)

Your name
I did these "problems":
It took me ___ hours and ____ minutes.
The best part of these tutorials was (10 - 100 words):________________
The worst part of these tutorials was (10 - 100 words):_______________


S5. Deflection of Beams. Goes with lectures on Nov 27 and Dec 2. Optional. Hand in nothing.