Mechanics of Solids I

Concepts: Normal and shear stress, strain, material, factor of safety, stress concentration, pressurized thin-walled cylinder, simple loading tension, torsion and bending, deflection with simple loading, superposition techniques, statistically indeterminate member, thermal stresses, combined stresses, Mohr’s circle, combined loading, Thin and thick curved bars.

Hours: XYZ where X = Lecture, Y = Lab, Z = Credit
All hours are per week.
3 Lab hours constitute 1 credit hour
1 credit hour implies 1 lecture of 50mins per academic week. 16 weeks in total.
Pre-Requisite courses are courses required to be completed before this course may be taken
Co-Requisite courses are courses required to be taken along with this course