Mechanics of Solids

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Axial-force, shear-force and bending-moment diagrams; stress and strain; stress-strain relations; elastic and plastic behaviour; elastic constants; simple statically indeterminate (one-degree) problems; review of moment of inertia, product of inertia and principal axes of inertia; elastic torsion of circular shafts; elastic and plastic bending about principal axes of beams with symmetrical cross-section; composite beams; shear stresses due to bending; Mohr's circle for stress; thin-walled pressure vessels; deflection of beams by integration; Euler buckling. Prerequisite(s): Engineering 202 and Mathematics 275. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Civil Engineering 317 and either Engineering 317 or Mechanical Engineering 317 will not be allowed.