1) To develop an understanding of the stress and strain behaviour of elastic and elastoplastic materials under axial, flexural and torsional loads.
(2) To develop an understanding of basic structural concepts relevant to civil engineering structures.
(3) To develop the skills required to analyse the force distributions on simply supported beams and plane trusses.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to:
LO1
Analyse the stresses and strains due to normal forces on simple axially loaded members and structures.
LO2
Analyse the stresses and strains due to torsion on circular shafts and rectangular beams.
LO3
Analyse the stresses and strains due to shear force and bending moment on a beam.
LO4
Apply the principles of statics to analyse the reactions and internal member forces for statically determinate beams, trusses and simple statics problems.
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Module Content & Assessment
Indicative Content
Mechanics of Solids - Stresses and Strains
(i) Normal strain
(ii) Shear strain
(iii) Stress / Strain relationships
(iv) Stress concentrations
(v) Elasticity
(vi) Plasticity
Mechanics of Solids - Pure Bending of Beams
(i) The Flexure formula
(ii) 2nd moment of area
(iii) Relationship between flexure and curvature
(iv) Differential equation of flexure
(v) Macauly's method
(vi) Inelastic bending of beams
(vii) Beams of two materials
Mechanics of Solids - Shearing Stress in Beams
(i) Relation between shear and bending moment
(ii) Shear Flow
(iii) Shearing Stress formula for beams
(iv) Limitations of shearing stress formula
(v) Shear centre
Mechanics of Solids - Torsion
(i) Torsion Force, Strain, Angle of twist
(ii) The torsion formula for circular sections (iii) Torsional stress calculations
(iii) Angle of twist of circular members
(iv) Thin walled tubes
(v) Thick walled tubes
(vi) Solid noncircular members
Mechanics of Solids - Compound Stresses
(i) Superpositions
(ii) Combined axial and flexural stresses
(iii) The Dam problem
(iv) Unsymmetrical bending
Mechanics of Solids - Plane Stress and Strain
(i) Equations for the transformation of plane stress and plane strain
(ii) Principle stresses and strains
(iii) Maximum shearing stress and strain
Structural Analysis - Basic Structural Concepts
(i) Equilibrium, Actions and reactions
(ii) Linearity
(iii) Superposition
(iv) Compatibility
(v) Determinancy
(vi) Geometric Stability