EGM 3520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Dunne D.1, Chrome Plating, Destructive Testing
27 May 2016
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Most of what you have learned in mechanics of materials could best be described as analysis. You learned how to find internal stress and strain distributions and how to relate them to externally applied loads, and to the properties of the material used and the geometry of the part or structure. When you go to work as engineers, you"ll probably find that most of the problems that you"ll face are almost completely opposite from the textbook-style, analysis-oriented problems you"ve learned to solve. Real world problems often involve design, or synthesis, a process where you start with the answer and find or create a structure or part that gives that answer under the stated conditions. The answer to a typical mechanical design problem appears as a specification or set of requirements that must be met in an efficient or optimal sort of way. The design process involves choices you have to make and then evaluate.
