1.050 Engineering Mechanics I Fall 2007Notes and remarks  Lecture Summary Slide  Content Survey  Lecture notes  Homework assignments (weekly)  Exams: 2 in-class quizzes, 1 finalAll exams are open-book  Grading:Two quizzes (25%)Final (25%)Homework assignment (50%)Assignments  Homework / Problem Sets (50%) Assigned weekly on Wednesday, evaluated and returned to you (ASAP)  Build homework teams of three students:  Engineering is team work. We expect a true team work, in which everybody contributes equally to the result. This is testified by the team members signing a declaration that “the signature confirms that all have equally contributed to the homework”.  Typical teamwork: ¾ Each student works individually through the homework set. ¾ The team meets and discusses questions, difficulties and solutions. ¾ Possibly, meet with TA or instructor.  You must reference your sources and collaborators, whether otherstudents, sources on the web, archived solutions from previous years etc…A few things we’d like you to remember…  We teach the class for you! At any time please let us know if youhave concerns or suggestions, or if you have difficulties. We’ll do the best to cater to your needs!  The goal is that you will have an excellent basis for engineering science in many other applications – aside from the mechanics topic covered here…  Our goal: Discover Engineering Mechanics with you – starting at fundamental concepts (Newton’s laws) to be able to apply theknowledge to complex engineering problems.1.050: Engineering Mechanics Why are there no monsters on Earth? Images removed due to copyright restrictions. Normandy Bridge 900m (1990ies) Can we build bridges Jack and the giantJack and the giantCopyright ©, The British LibraryCopyright ©, The British LibraryBetween continents?Hurricane Katrina  What caused major flooding in the city? Why did the levees break? Geotechnical Design - Load < strength capacity - Failure (plasticity or fracture) - Mechanism Photograph of floodwaters removed due to copyright restrictions. Impact - 2 million people - Nationwide Life Line interruption What caused this to happen? - Global warming? - Policy: Role of the federal government?Minnesota bridge collapse Aging infrastructure -What caused the bridge to collapse? -Are our bridges safe? -Can we detect failure before tragedy happens? Photographs of collapsed bridge removed due to copyright restrictions. Fixing the problems -Retrofitting? -Rebuilding new bridges? -Funding? -- Policy change to allocate more funding to fix unfit infrastructureEarthquake disasters Earthquake in Peru (August 2007) Map of Peru showing epicenter location removed due to copyright restrictions. Structural Design - Service State (Elasticity) Photographs of collapsed roads removed due to copyright restrictions. - Failure (Plasticity or Fracture) - Mechanism Impact - Millions of people - Nationwide Life Line interruption - Economy9-11: The Fall of the Towers North Tower: 8:46 am above 96th floor, failed at 10:28 am South Tower: 9:03 am above 80th floor, failed at 9:59 am Immediate Question: How did the towers fail? - Mechanism – Lecture 4 Three sequential photographs of tower collapse removed due to copyright restrictions.Engineering science paradigm: Multi-scale view of materials Buehler and Ackbarow, Materials Today, 2007 Courtesy Elsevier, Inc., http://www.sciencedirect.com. Used with permission.Atomistic mechanisms of fracture Simulations of atomistic fracture mechanisms Reveals new fracture mechanism: Supersonic fracture View the complete movie at: http://web.mit.edu/mbuehler/www/research/supersonic_fracture.mpeg. Buehler et al., Nature, 2003; Nature, 2006Fracture is linked to the mechanics of chemical bond breaking Fracture mechanics Mesoscale Mechanics of chemical interactions Buehler et al., Nature, 2003; Nature, 2006Impact of cement on worldwide CO2 production Worldwide Cement Consumption Worldwide Cement Consumption equates to 10% of worldwide CO2 Emission YEAR Metric Tons (millions)2001: 1.7 x 109 t/yr ~ 1 m3/capita/yr ~ 350 kg CO2 /capita/yr 2050: 3.2-7.5 x 109 t/yr 312 3 m109: m000,2500,1:× − Total Car Can drive 200 million times Around the world Chaturvedi, S. and Ochsendorf, J., “Global Environmental Impacts Due to Concrete and Steel,” Structural Engineering International, 14/3, Zurich, Intl. Assoc. of Bridge and Structural Engineers, August 2004, 198-200. Courtesy of John Ochsendorf. Used with permission.Concrete: A complex multi-scale material New materials for construction industry? Ti, Mg… based cement? New production pathways? Mortar few mm Cement paste Concrete 1 cm< 0.1 mm Molecular mechanics Images of concrete from the nanometer to centimeter scale C-S-H removed due to copyright restrictions. < µmPlatelets few 10 nm Enables structures Chemistry Kilometers Angstrom-nm Image of suspension bridge removed due to copyright restrictions.silica “Dreierketten”Ca octahedraWater layerCa octahedrasilica “Dreierketten”Ca octahedraWater layerCa octahedraOpening molecular-nanoscale for engineering design Production of ‘green concrete’ Reduce CO2 emission during production Understand diffusion of radioactive waste through concrete Long-term stability/durability Æ avoid disasters Environmental effects (chemicals, moisture,..) Mechanical stabilityMechanics in life sciences Elasticity of environment directs stem cell differentiation • Brain tissue • Muscle • Bone D. Discher, Cell, 2006 Courtesy Elsevier, Inc., http://www.sciencedirect.com. Used with permission.Mechanics in life sciences •Change of mechanics in diseases? •How can we use self-assembly to synthesize new materials? Courtesy Elsevier, Inc., http://www.sciencedirect.com. Used with permission. Buehler and Ackbarow, Materials Today, 2007Courtesy Elsevier, Inc., http://www.sciencedirect.com. Used with permission.Mechanics in life sciences  Single point mutations in IF structure causes severe diseases such as rapid aging disease progeria –HGPS (Nature, 2003; Nature, 2006, PNAS, 2006)  Cell nucleus loses stability under cyclic loading  Failure occurs at heart (fatigue) Substitution of a single DNA base: Amino acid guanine is switched to adenine Experiment suggests that mechanical properties of nucleus change (Dahl et al., PNAS, 2006) Images from the organismal to cell to molecular scales removed due to copyright