Credit Structure: (3-0)3

Catalog Description:
State of stress and strain. Idealizations and principles in solving engineering problems. Axially loaded members. Torsion. Laterally loaded members. Thermal stress and strain. Indeterminate problems. Deflections. Failure theories.

Course Objectives:
This course is designed to give the basic concepts in engineering design and analysis to engineering students from different disciplines.

Prerequisites:
ES 221.

Textbook(s):
F.P. Beer and E.R. Johnston, "Mechanics of Materials", SI edition, McGraw-Hill, 1992.

References:
E.P. Popov, "Mechanics of Materials", SI Version, Prentice-Hall Int., 1978.

Syllabus:
1. Concept of stress: normal stress, shearing stress, bearing stress and stresses on an oblique plane under axial loading; stress under general loading conditions, ultimate and allowable stress; factor of safety (6 hours)
2. Concept of strain: normal strain under axial loading, stress-starin diagram, Hooke's law, deformation of members under axial loading, statically indeterminate problems, problems involving temperature changes, multiaxial loading, generalized Hooke's law, shearing strain. (8 hours)
3. Torsion: stresses and angle of twist in the elastic range, statically indeterminate shafts (5 hours)
4. Pure bending: stresses and deformations in the elastic range, bending of members made of several materials, eccentric axial loading, unsymmetric bending (8 hours)
5. Transverse loading: shear stress on a horizontal plane, shearing stresses in beams, shearing stresses in thin-walled members, stresses under combined loading (6 hours)
6. Transformation of Stress: Principal stresses and maximum shearing stress, Mohr's circle for plane stress, stresses in thin-walled pressure vessels (6 hrs.)
7. Deflection: elastic curve by integration, statically indeterminate beams (3 hours)

Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:
6-7 homework problem sets.

Computer Usage:
None

Laboratory work:
None

Category Content:
Mathematics and Basic Sciences: 1.5
Engineering Design: None
Engineering Sciences: 1.5
Humanities & Social Sciences: None
Departmental: None

Instructors:
Yusuf Orcan, Nuri Akkas, Gülin Birlik, Dogan Turhan