CE 241 No. of hrs/week =03
No. of credits =03
1. Analysis of Trusses : Analysis of simple trusses by the method of joints and the method of sections.
2. Bending moment and shear force diagrams : Bending moment and shear force diagrams for statically determinate beams subjected to various types of loads. Relationship between bending moment, shear force and load intensity.
3. Simple stresses and strains : Stress, strain, stress-strain diagrams, Hooke's Law, elastic module, Poisson's ratio, relationship among the elastic constants, working stress and factor of safety, bars of varying cross-sections, temperature stress, compound bars, strain energy due to direct and shear stresses.
4. Stress in Homogeneous beams : (a) Simple bending theory, moment of resistance, section modulus, beams of uniform strength.
(b) Shear stress variation across beam sections.
5. Torsion of circular shafts : Torsion equation, strength and stiffness of solid and hollow shafts, polar modulus of sections, transmission of power.
6. Combined stresses : Principal stresses for two dimensional stress system. Mohr's circle of stresses, application to beams and shafts.
7. Deflection of Beams : Differential equation of the elastic curve, relationship between deflection, slope, bending moment, deflection of statically determinate beams by the double integration method, Mecaulay's method.
8. Elastic stability of columns : Effective length, slenderness ratio, Euler's formula for different end conditions, Rankine Gordon formula.
REFERENCES :
1. Ferdinand L.Singer & Andrew Pytal - Strength of materials -Harper & Row Pub. N.Y.
2. E.J.Hearn - Mechanics of materials - Pergamoon Press.
3. Ferdinand P.Beer & E.Russel Johnson (Jr.) - Mechanics of Materials S.I. McGraw Hill.
4. E.P.Popov-Mechanics of materials-Prentice Hall & Ind.Ltd.
5. Wilber & Norris-Elementary structural analysis-McGraw Hill.
1. I.H. Shames - Introduction to solid mechanics - Prentice Hall Inc.
2. S.P.Timoshenko & D.H.Young - Elements of strength of materials V Edn. - Affiliated East West Press Ltd.