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This document outlines the syllabus for the Strength of Materials course CE 6402. The syllabus is divided into 5 units that will be covered: 1) Energy principles including strain energy and theorems, 2) Analysis of indeterminate beams, 3) Columns and cylinders, 4) State of stress in three dimensions, and 5) Advanced bending of beams. Topics to be discussed include axial load, shear, flexure, torsion, deflections, continuous beams, Euler's column theory, eccentric loading, principal stresses and planes, failure theories, and shear centre. Reference textbooks are provided.

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Strength of Materials PDF

This document outlines the syllabus for the Strength of Materials course CE 6402. The syllabus is divided into 5 units that will be covered: 1) Energy principles including strain energy and theorems, 2) Analysis of indeterminate beams, 3) Columns and cylinders, 4) State of stress in three dimensions, and 5) Advanced bending of beams. Topics to be discussed include axial load, shear, flexure, torsion, deflections, continuous beams, Euler's column theory, eccentric loading, principal stresses and planes, failure theories, and shear centre. Reference textbooks are provided.

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Strength of Materials CE 6402

Syllabus :

UNIT I : ENERGY PRINCIPLES.


Topics :
 Strain energy and strain energy density.
 Strain energy due to axial load, shear, flexure and torsion.
 Castigliano‟s theorems.
 Maxwell‟s reciprocal theorems.
 Principle of virtual work.
 Application of energy theorems for computing deflections in
beams and trusses.
 Williot Mohr's Diagram.

UNIT II : INDETERMINATE BEAMS.


Topics :
 Concept of Analysis.
 Propped cantilever and fixed beams-fixed end moments and
reactions.
 Theorem of three moments.
 Analysis of continuous beams.
 Shear force and bending moment diagrams.

UNIT III : COLUMNS AND CYLINDER.


Topics :
 Euler‟s theory of long columns.
 Critical loads for prismatic columns with different end
conditions.
 Rankine-Gordon formula for eccentrically loaded columns.
 Eccentrically loaded short columns.
 Middle third rule.
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 Core section.
 Thick cylinder.
 Compound cylinders.

UNIT IV : STATE OF STRESS IN THREE DIMENSIONS.

Topics :

 Determination of principal stresses and principal planes.


 Volumetric strain.
 Theories of failure.
 Principal stress.
 Principal strain.
 shear stress.
 Strain energy and distortion energy theories.
 Application in analysis of stress, load carrying capacity.

UNIT V : ADVANCED TOPICS IN BENDING OF BEAMS.

Topics :

 Unsymmetrical bending of beams of symmetrical and


unsymmetrical sections.
 Shear Centre.
 Curved beams.
 Winkler Bach formula

REFERENCE TEXT BOOKS :

1. Rajput R.K. "Strength of Materials (Mechanics of Solids)", S.Chand


& company Ltd., New Delhi, 2010.
2. Egor P Popov, “Engineering Mechanics of Solids”, 2nd edition, PHI
Learning Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2012

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