Syllabus for M113 –
Applied Calculus and Finite Mathematics 1 - Fall 2008
Lecture Notes on Calculus of Structures (CS) by Jay Kappraff
Additional Notes (K) by Jay Kappraff
Additional Notes and problems (AN)
Week 1
Math laboratory
Go over lab problems,
Ungraded algebra quiz
Lines – K
Week 2
Lines - K
Functions – K,
Areas - K
Rate of change – K
Week 3
Functions - K
Graphing simple curves
Signed areas - K
Signed areas and problems of motion – Distance and accumulated rate of
change - K
Accumulated rate of change and the integral - K
Week 4
CS Lesson 1 - equilibrium of forces,
moments, determinate and indeterminate systems.
CS Lesson 2 – Determine shear force and bending moment for a
concentrated load using a) Method 1 -architectural structures; b) Method 2 -
the method of areas; and c) Method 3 - the method of slopes.
Go over solution to problems of CS Lesson 2
Week 5
CS Lesson 2 - Additional beam problems, Cantilever beam
CS Lesson 3 –continuous loads with constant density using
Method 1 and 2,
Solution to problem with continuous loads
Center of gravity
CS Lesson 4 - Introduction to slopes of curves.
Week 6
Exam 1
Limits - K
CS Lesson 4 - The derivative and the slope of the tangent
line to a curve
Derivatives of x2, 1/x using
the “derivative machine.”
Week 7
Derivatives of x3 and cos
x by the derivative machine
CS Lesson 5 - Multiplication rule, sum and difference rule
for derivatives, power law, anti-derivatives, polynomials and their derivatives
Practice problems with derivatives and anti-derivatives - AN
Week 8
Practice with differentiation - AN
Practive with antiderivatives
- AN
CS Lesson 6 - Use of antiderivatives
to find areas,
CS Lesson 7 – Proof that the shear force is the derivative
of the bending moment.
CS Lesson 8 - Solution of the continuous load problem by
integrals.
Week 9
CS Lesson 7 - Fundamental law of calculus
.
Absolute maxima and minima on a closed interval – AN
Curve sketching using the first derivative - AN
CS Lesson 8 - Application of integrals to solving beam
problems.
Week 10
Exam 2
Curve sketching, second derivative and curvature - AN
Optimization – AN
CS Lesson 8- Solutions to beam problems using integrals
Logs and exponentials and their derivatives – K, AN
Week 11
Exam 2
More max-min problems – K, AN
CS
Lesson 9 - Maximum load on a beam.
CS Lesson 11 – Product and quotient, rules for derivatives
Week 12
Practice problems for product and quotient - AN
CS Lesson 10 - Deflection of a beam.
Moments of inertia
Week 13
Chain rule for derivatives, Related rates – AN
CS Lesson 12 - Center of gravity and centroids,
conjugate beam method for finding deflection
Week 14
Computation of center of gravity by integrals
Practice with derivatives, more max – min problems.
Indeterminate structures - K
Film on structures
Week 15
Review
Final Exam
Course Mechanics:
Telephone: x3490
e-mail: kappraff@adm.njit.edu
Room: 208a Cullimore Hall
Website:
www-ec.njit.edu/~kappraff
Attendance is
required. Three unexcused absences will
be permitted. If you cannot attend a class
you must notify me by e-mail before the class giving a reason for you absence.
There will be two
in-class exams and a final. You will
also be expected to keep a scrapbook of interesting structures indicating
wherever possible the elements of structures discussed in the class. Homework will be regularly assigned and
graded. The homework will be posted on
my website. There will be several
quizzes given in class. The grade will
be calculated as follows:
Exam 1 – 22 %
Exam 2 – 22%
Final - 36%
Scrapbook, Homework,
and quizzes - 20%