MEC 430
Solid Mechanics I
Stresses and deflections; statically indeterminate problems. Stress transformation; principal stresses; Mohr's Circle; theories of failure. Flexural analysis; the method of superposition; design of beams and shafts for strength. Columns: Euler's formulae for buckling; various end attachments; transition slenderness ratio; the parabolic formulae; eccentric loading and the secant formulae.
Prerequisites & course information
prerequisites: CEN 199 , MEC 323 , MTL 200 , MTH 425
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027