17MR34 Mechanics of materials syllabus for MR



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Module-1 Stress and Strain 10 hours

Stress and Strain:

Introduction, Hooke’s law, Calculation of stresses in straight, Stepped and tapered sections Composite sections, Stresses due to temperature change, Shear stress and strain, Lateral strain and Poisson’s ratio, Generalized Hooke’s law, Bulk modulus, Relationship between elastic constants.

Module-2 Analysis of Stress and Strain 10 hours

Analysis of Stress and Strain: Plane stress, Stresses on inclined planes, Principal stresses and maximum shear stress, Principal angles, Shear stresses on principal planes, Maximum shear tress, Mohr circle for plane stress conditions.

Cylinders: Thin cylinder: Hoop’s stress, maximum shear stress, circumferential and longitudinal strains, Thick cylinders: Lames equations.

Module-3 Shear Forces and Bending Moments 10 hours

Shear Forces and Bending Moments: Type of beams, Loads and reactions, Relationship between loads, shear forces and bending moments, Shear force and bending moments of cantilever beams, Pin support and roller supported beams subjected to concentrated loads and uniformly distributed constant / varying loads.

Module-4 Stress in Beams 10 hours

Stress in Beams: Pure bending, Curvature of a beam, Longitudinal strains in beams, Normal stresses in Beams with rectangular, circular, ‘I’ and ‘T’ cross sections, Flexure Formula, Bending Stresses, Governing differential equation and its solution

deflection of beams: Double integration method for cantilever and simply supported beams for point load, UDL, UVL and Couple, Macaulay's method, Numerical examples

Module-5 Torsion 10 hours

Torsion: Circular solid and hallow shafts, Torsional moment of resistance, Power transmission of straight and stepped shafts, Twist in shaft sections, Thin tubular sections, Thin walled sections

Columns: Buckling and stability, Critical load, Columns with pinned ends, Columns with other support conditions, Effective length of columns, Secant formula for columns.

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2023