University of Cincinnati

College of Engineering and Applied Science

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering-MET Program
Strength of Materials (MET2073)

Course Description: Concept and types of stress and strain, stress and strain diagram and material properties. Axially loaded
members: deflection, statically indeterminate structures, temperature effects, stress concentration, stresses
on inclined planes. Torsion: torsion formula, pure shear transmission of power, statically indeterminate.
Shear force and bending moment: relationships between load, shear force, and bending moments, shear
and bending diagram. Analysis of stress and strain: principal stresses and maximum shear stresses,
combined loadings, and Mohr's circle. Deflections of beams: integration, and superposition. Columns stress
analysis.
Textbook: Applied Strength of References The New Century Handbook, 2nd ed;. Hult & Huckin; Allyn
Materials, 6th ed., Mott & Bacon/Longman; New York, 2002.
and Untener, Taylor and A Speakers Guidebook; OHair, Stewart, Rubenstein;
Francis Bedford/St.Martins; Boston; 2001.
Goals/Objectives:
This is the first course in stress analysis and simple design. It will give students a solid foundation to analyze and solve
stress and deformation problems in metals and to use published strengths to design single elements.

Calculus Usage: Basic differentiation and Library Materials handbooks and standard
integration of polynomials and Usage: methods references
powers.
Grading Scale The course is 12 weeks in duration and consists of four lecture hours per week. For each class,
we will have a quiz, followed by a review (min lecture) of important concepts, practice problems
and problems solving packet. Quiz and problems solving packet may be individual or in group.
Homework will be collected as indicated in class. Two tests will be given during the semester and
a final exam will be given during the final exam week. Plus/minus points will be issued at the
discretion of the instructor.

Homework 10%
Quizzes 10%
Problems solving packet 30%
First Test (approximatively at week 5) 15%
Second Test (approximatively at week 10) 17%
Third Test (approximatively at final exams week) 18%
 Strength of Materials (MET2073)

Week #1&2 (Tentative)Week #

Week-10 (Tentative)Week #
Topic Chapter Topic Chapter

1. Review of statics 1 29. Stresses: Combined 10

Loading
2. Normal Stress 1

3. Shear Stress 1 30. Stresses: Combined 10

Loading
4. Normal Strain, & Poissons 1 31.
ratio
Test II
2

Week-11
Stress-strain diagram, 32. Stresses: Combined 10
Modulus of elasticity Loading
1
Shear strain
33. Mohrs Circle 10
Week#3

5. Design for normal stress 3

6. Design for normal stress 3 34. Mohrs Circle 10

7. Axial Deformation 3 35. Deflections in Beams 9

8. Thermal Deformation 3

Week-12
36. Deflections in Beams 9
Week#4

9. Statically Indeterminate 3 37. Deflections in Beams 9

10. Design and Stress 3
Concentration Deformation
11. Design for Shear Stress 3 38. Columns 11

12. Design with Multiple Factors 3 39. Columns 11

Week #5

13. Test I 40. Connections 13

14. Shear Stress due to Torque 4 41. Review
Stress Concentration
15. Angle of Twist 4

16. Shear & Moment Diagrams 5

Week #6

17. Shear & Moment with 5

Distributed Loads
18. Shear & Moment using 5
Functions
19. Eccentric loading 5
Week#8 Week #7

20. Centroids, moment of Inertia 6

21. Stress in bending (Analysis) 7

22. Stress in bending (Design) 7

23. Stress Concentration 7

Bending
24. Stress due to Transverse 8
Shear (V)
Week #9

25. Transverse Shear Design 8

26. Shear Flow 8

27. Shearing Stresses in Beams 8

28. Shearing Stresses in Beams 10

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responsible for appropriate citation of your primary and secondary sources, and for respect of others'
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