2026-Spring Solid Mechanics (MECH240-01) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. MECH240 Section 01 Credit 3.00
Category Major required Course Type prerequisites PHYS101 (General Physics: Mechanics & Waves), PHYS101H (General Physics(H): Mechanics & Waves), PHYS105 (Introductory Physics I)
Postechian Core Competence
Hours TUE, THU / 11:00 ~ 12:15 / Science BldgⅤ[108/110]Lecture Room Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Shin Dongil Name Shin Dongil Department Dept. of Mechanical Eng.
Email address dongilshin@postech.ac.kr Homepage https://datasolid.postech.ac.kr
Office 데이터 기반 고체 역학 연구실 Office Phone 054-279-2181
Office Hours Tuesday 12:30-2:00pm

3. Course Objectives

This course provides a fundamental understanding of solid mechanics, focusing on how structures and materials deform and sustain loads under various conditions. Topics include stress and strain analysis, constitutive relations, and energy principles, with applications to structural and mechanical systems. Through this course, students develop the ability to understand and predict the mechanical behavior of materials and structures.

4. Prerequisites & require

Physics I

5. Grading

Midterm Exam Final Exam Attendance Assignment Project Presentation/Discussion Laboratory/Practice Quiz Others Total
비고
Midterm (30%) / Final Exam (40%) / Homework (10%) / Quiz (10%) / Attendance (10%)

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition		 ISBN
1. Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Statics, 12th ed. Beer, Johnston, Mazurek McGraw Hill 2019 9789813157859
2. Mechanics of Materials, 8th ed. Beer, Johnston, DeWolf, Mazurek McGraw Hill 2020 9789813158979

7. Course References

Week 1 : Introduction of Statics of Particles and Solid Mechanics
Week 2 : Rigid Bodies
Week 3 : Analysis of Structures
Week 4 : Moments
Week 5 : Concept of Stress
Week 6 : Axial Loading
Week 7 : Torsion
Week 8 : Midterm
Week 9 : Pure bending
Week 10 : Analysis and Design of Beams for Bending
Week 11 : Shearing Stresses
Week 12 : Transformations of Stress and Strain
Week 13 : Principal Stresses Under a Given Loading
Week 14 : Deflection of Beams, Columns
Week 15 : Energy Methods
Week 16 : Final exam

8. Course Plan

9. Course Operation

10. How to Teach & Remark

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance

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