| CODE | MEC2401 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Mechanics of Materials 1 | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mechanical Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Syllabus - Introduction to Mechanics of Materials - mechanical properties of materials, stress v.s. strain curves, direct stresses, average shear stress, factor of safety, stress concentrations; - Tension/Compression - normal stress, deformation, strain energy; - Torsion - the elastic torsion of circular cross-sections, torsion of solid noncircular members, torsion of thin walled members, shaft couplings, shear stress, deflection, strain energy; - Bending of beams - the simple theory of pure bending, second moment of area and section modulus of beam cross sections, beams with un-symmetrical cross section, composite beams, bending of initially curved beams, bending stress, strain energy; - Shear stress distribution in beams - the relationship between bending moment, shearing force and intensity of loading, vertical shear stresses in beams, horizontal shear stresses, shear centre; - Slope and deflection of beams, relationship between loading, shearing force, bending moment, slope and deflection. Macaulay's method applied to statically determinate and indeterminate beams; - Deflection of beams using energy methods - virtual work and Castigliano's theorems; - Combined loads - the principle of superposition applied to bending stresses, direct stresses and shear stresses, skew or unsymmetrical bending, close coiled helical springs. Reference Texts - Strength of Materials, G.H. Ryder - Mechanics of Engineering Materials, P.P. Benham, R.J. Crawford, C.G. Armstrong - Mechanics of Materials, E.P. Popov - Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, A.C. Ugural, S.K. Fenster |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE MEC1301 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Zdenka Sant |
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