SESSION

TOPIC

TEXT/ ASSIGNMENTS

1

Overview of Principles of Statics; Components of a Force, Resultants of Concurrent Forces, Moment, Equilibrium Conditions, Centroids, Moments of inertia, US and SI units for Statics and Strength of Materials

Chapters 2, 3, 4, 7, 8

2-3

Stresses and Strains; Tensile and Compressive Stresses, Shear Stresses, Tensile and Compressive Strain and Deformation; Hooke's Law

Chapter 9

3-4

Properties of Materials; Tension Test, Stress-Strain Diagram, Mechanical Properties of Materials, Allowable Stresses and Actual Stresses, Factor of Safety, Elastic and Inelastic Behavior; Review for the Test

Chapter 10

5

T E S T # 1

6-7

Stress Considerations; Poisson's Ratio, Thermal Effects, Members Composed of Two or More Materials, Stress Concentration; Stresses on Inclined Planes

Chapter 11

7-8

Torsion in Circular Sections; Members in Torsion, Torsional Shear Stresses, Angle of Twist, Transmission of Power by a Shaft; Review for the Test

Chapter 12

9

T E S T # 2

10-11

Shear and bending Moment in Beams; beam Reactions, Shear Force and Bending Moment, Shear Diagrams, Moment Diagrams

Chapter 13

11-12

Stresses in Beams; Tensile and Compressive Stresses due to Bending, Flexure Formula, Computation of Bending Stresses, Shear Stresses, General Shear Formula, Shear Stresses in Structural Members

Chapter 14

12-13

Deflection of Beams; Curvature and Bending Moment, Methods of Calculating Deflections

Chapter 16

14

Review

15

E X A M

Laboratory Topics

• Laboratory requirements; Introduction to Laboratory Topics; Introduction to MDSOLIDS software

• Equilibrium Problems
• Computer Aided Force Calculations in Trusses

• Tensile Test; Modulus of Elasticity, Ultimate Strength (Tensile Strength), Yield Strength, 0.2 % Offset Yield Point Calculations; Modulus of Toughness; Modulus of Resilience; % Elongation; % Reduction in Area; True Stress vs. Engineering Stress

• Computer Aided Tensile Strength and Modulus of Elasticity Calculations

• Tensile Test; Operation of Tensile Test Machine; Installation of Extensometer; Computer Aided Analysis of Tensile Test Results (MDSOLIDS software and Microsoft EXCEL Applications) Visit to Web Sites where the latest models of Tensile Test Machines and Extensometers are displayed.

• Modulus of Elasticity Calculations using Digital Strain Indicator; Poisson's Ratio Calculations using Digital Strain Indicator

• Fatigue Test; Operation of the Fatigue Test Machine; Analysis of Test Data using Microsoft Excel (Plotting graphs with Logarithmic scale); Visit to Web sites to see the latest development in Fatigue Test Techniques, machine and equipment; Effect of corrosion on Fatigue Data; Effect of Temperature on Fatigue Data

• Impact Test; Operation of Pendulum Testing Machine; Testing Aluminum, Steel and Brass specimens with V-Notch; Toughness of Materials; Visit to Web Sites

• Computer Aided Moment of Inertia of Composite Area Calculations

• Computer Aided Calculation of Moment for Beams with Uniformly Distributed Loads ; Moment Calculations for Concentrated Loads on Beams

• Bending Stress Calculations Using Digital Strain Indicator

• Stress Concentration Calculations Using Digital Strain Indicator; Photoelasticity; Computer Aided Photoelasticity - Stress Concentration Analysis

• Miscellaneous Topics in Strength of Materials

Test # 1

25 %

Test # 2

25 %

FINAL

25 %

Laboratory Reports; homework and classroom assignments

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