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2018　Mechanics of Materials and Members

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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Instructor(s)
Hirose Sohichi 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue3-4(M114)  Fri3-4(M114)  
Group
-
Course number
CVE.A201
Credits
2
Academic year
2018
Offered quarter
1Q
Syllabus updated
2018/4/5
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course gives the fundamentals of mechanics for materials and structural members. Topics include stress, force, strain and displacement of structural members subjected to various loads like axial force, torsion, bending moment and shear force. Also this course covers transformation of stress and strain, structural design based on stress values, fracture criteria, and deformation of structural members expressed in terms of differential equations.

So far students have learned mechanics in a class of physics, in which theories are mainly applied to particles and rigid bodies, and no deformation of bodies is taken into account. However, real structures show deformation when subjected to external forces. Therefore, deformation as well as force and stress plays an important role in the design of structures. This course provides students with a systematic approach for deformable bodies where deformation can be described in terms of differential equations by combining an equilibrium equation with stress-strain relation and strain-displacement relation. The systematic approach will be applied to the subsequent classes including Structural Mechanics, Hydraulics, Geomechanics and Concrete Structures.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Explain the relations among force, stress, strain and displacement.
2. Explain stress distributions in structural members subjected to axial force, torsion, bending moment and shear force.
3. Determine principal stress and strain by understanding the transformation of stress and strain.
4. Explain the role of stress in structural design.
5. Explain structural deformation expressed by differential equations.

Keywords

stress, strain, displacement, torsion, bending, shear, principal stress, principal strain, elasticity, elastoplasticity, safety factor, design, fracture criteria, buckling

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

This course will be mainly provided in lecture style. However, students may not obtain fully knowledge and skills on relevant subjects from only lectures. Hence assignment will be given at every class, and their answer will be explained for review in the following lecture time.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Concept of force, stress and equilibrium Explain the concept of force, stress and allowable stress design method. Determine stress using free body diagrams.
Class 2 Relation between normal stress and normal strain, and mechanics of bars subjected to axial force Explain the relation between normal stress and normal strain, and obtain the displacement of bars subjected to axial force. Solve indeterminate problems of bars.
Class 3 General relationship between stress and strain, stress concentration, non-elastic behavior and so on Explain general relationship between stress and strain, and explain stress concentration, elastoplastic deformation, residual deformation and residual stress.
Class 4 Stress and deformation of structural members subjected to torsion Determine stress and deformation of structural members subjected to torsion.
Class 5 Stress and deformation of structural members subjected to pure bending Determine stress and deformation of structural members subjected to pure bending.
Class 6 Topics related to pure bending, including composite materials, elastoplastic behavior, and residual stress Explain stress and displacement of pure bending members made of composite or elastoplastic materials.
Class 7 Stress of structural members subjected to unsymmetric bending Determine stress of structural members subjected to unsymmetric bending.
Class 8 Analysis of beams for bending - Shear and bending moment diagrams Explain the relation between shear and bending moment. Draw shear and bending moment diagrams of beams.
Class 9 Shear stresses in beams Determine shear stresses in beams.
Class 10 Shear stresses in thin wall members Determine shear stresses in thin wall members.
Class 11 Transformations of stress - plane stress; principal stress, maximum shear stress, and Mohr's circle for stress Expalin what plane stress state is. Determine principal stress, maximum shear stress, and Mohr's circle for stress.
Class 12 Transformations of stress and strain - 3D stress, fracture criteria, stresses in thin wall members, and transformation of strain Explain 3D stress, fracture criteria, stresses in thin wall members, and transformation of strain.
Class 13 Stresses under combined loading Determine stresses under combined loading.
Class 14 Deflection of beams Derive a differential equation for beam deflection and determine deflection of beams.
Class 15 Columns Explain unstable phenomenon of columns, and obtain buckling loads.

Textbook(s)

A 1st Course in Mechanics of Materials

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Mechanics of Materials: F. P. Beer, E. R. Jonston Jr., J.T. Dewolf and D. F. Mazurek, 7th edition, McGrawHill

Assessment criteria and methods

Assignment 20%, Examination 80%

Related courses

  • CVE.A202 ： Structural Mechanics I
  • CVE.A301 ： Structural Mechanics II

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Students must have successfully completed Fundamentals of Mechanics 1 (LAS.P101) or have equivalent knowledge.

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