CONS 230:Statics and Strengths of Materials and Lab

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture hours per week: 2
Lab hours per week: 3

Prerequisite(s): CONS 102 and CONS 160
Corequisite(s): PHYS 201 and PHYS 201L
Resolution of forces, equilibrium, application of statics for simple structures, centroids, moments of inertia; materials in tension, compression, bending; shear and moment diagrams; design of simple structures using materials with varying structural properties. Lab provides opportunities for hands-on practice of the learned calculations.