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CIVL1113 ENGINEERING MECHANICS AND MATERIALS

Lecture 1: Introduction

Instructor: Prof. Y. Qian

Email: [email protected]

Office: HW 6-08
Syllabus

TA Coordinator: Miss KANDAMULLA WADUGE Chermila Piyumi


<[email protected]>

Lab sessions:
Concrete casting: Mr. SUN Yan <[email protected]>
7-day testing: Mr. WAN Lap Yin <[email protected]>
28-day testing: Mr. XU Nuoyan <[email protected]>
Tensile test of metal:Mr. ZHU Aimin <[email protected]>
Buckling of structs: Mr. ZHOU Guanzheng <[email protected]>

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Syllabus

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Syllabus

• Grading
Homework (4/15%), Lab reports (3/15%), Final Exam (70%)

Time overdue Deduction


Up to 3 days 10%
4 - 5 days 50%
More than 5 days 100%

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Reference

1.Gere, J., Gere, J. M., & Goodno, B. J. (2012). Mechanics


of materials. Nelson Education.
2.Beer, F. P., Johnston, E. R., DeWolf, J. T., & Mazurek, D.
F. (2009). Mechanics of materials, 5th edn New York. NY:
McGraw-Hill.
3.Hibbeler, R. C. (2013). Statics and mechanics of materials.
Pearson Higher Ed.

Note: also named as Strength of Materials

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Course Description

Analyze behaviors of deformable bodies


subjected to external forces

Objective
To study strength of materials is to provide the future engineer
with the means of analyzing and designing various machine
and load bearing structures.

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Assumptions of Strength of Materials

• Continuity
• Homogeneity
• Isotropy
• Small Deformation Linear Elasticity

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Continuity
• Matter fills up the whole space of a solid defined by its
volume.
• Neither vacancies can be produced nor more materials
can be added under normal working conditions.
• Arbitrary section or volume element can be extracted for
force or deformation analysis.
2
4r = a 2  r = a
4
16 16 2 2 3  3
Vmatter =  r3 =  a = a
3 3 64 3 2
Vmatter 
 =  74%
V 3 2
Face-Centered Cubic Lattice

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Homogeneity vs Isotropy
Homogeneity
• Ideally, homogeneous material has the
same properties at every point; it is uniform
without irregularities.
• In reality, macroscopic material properties
can be represented by any arbitrary
representative volume element (RVE). Cross section of wood

Isotropy
• Mechanical properties of materials are
independent of directions.
• Strong transversely isotropic materials such
as wood and fiber reinforced composites Fiber reinforced
are still viewed as non-isotropic materials. Composite
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Small Deformation Linear Elasticity
• Small Deformation: deformation of structural elements under
mechanical loads are very small compared to their original size.
• Under small deformation, analysis of force and deformation can be
based on a structure’s size and shape prior to deformation.
• Elasticity: a structural element can restore to its original size and
shape upon the removing of its external loading.
• Linear Elasticity: deformation is linearly proportional to load.

Stress-strain curve showing yield behavior.


1. A point within proportionality.
2. Proportionality limit.
3. Elastic limit (initial yield strength).
4. Subsequent yield strength.
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Fundamental Actions of External Force

Tension Compression

• Load: equal and opposite • Load: equal and opposite


forces along bar axis forces along bar axis

• Deformation: elongation • Deformation: contraction


along axis along axis

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Fundamental Action of External Forces

Bending
• Load: equal and opposite moments applied in
planes containing the bar axis
• Deformation: relative rotation of adjacent cross
sections around the axis perpendicular to bar axis

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Fundamental Action of External Force

Shear
• Load: equal and opposite
forces perpendicular to axis
• Deformation: relative shear
of adjacent cross sections
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Fundamental Action of External Force

Torsion
• Load: equal and opposite moments applied in
planes perpendicular to bar axis
• Deformation: relative rotation of adjacent
cross sections around axis

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Failure Criteria of Structures
• Strength: structural components should not fracture or yield
under external loads
• Stiffness: maximum deformation should not exceed the
allowable extent
• Stability: equilibrium state should be stable/ no buckling

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