Stress Analysis

Review of mechanics of materials, Stress transformations, general 3Dstress state, Mohr’s circle in 3D, strain transformations, generalized stress-strain relationship, equilibrium and compatibility, introductory topics from theory of elasticity, Airy stress functions, Prandtl’s stress functions for torsion, shear flow, torsion of thin-walled tubes, bending of unsymmetrical beams: stress & deflection, bending of thin flat plates, axisymmetric circular plates in bending, thick-walled cylinders & rotating disks, contact stresses. Overview of Experimental Stress Analysis, Stress analysis –Experimental approaches, Specific domain of these approaches, Advantages and disadvantages.

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