STEP II: Mechanical Engineering Program

COURSE #: ME 311

COURSE TITLE: Strength Of Materials

TERMS OFFERED: Fall, Winter, Spring.

PREREQUISITES: ME 211: Introduction to Solid Mechanics; Math 216: Introduction to Differential Equations.

TEXTBOOKS/REQUIRED MATERIAL:

Advanced Mechanics of Materials by Cook T. Young.

COGNIZANT FACULTY:

DATE OF PREPARATION:

COURSE LEADER(S): J. Barber

SCIENCE/DESIGN:

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Energy methods; buckling of columns, including approximate methods; bending of beams of unsymmetrical cross-section; shear center and torsion of thin-walled sections; membrane stresses in axisymmetric shells; elastic-plastic bending and torsion; axisymmetric bending of circular plates.

COURSE TOPICS:
  1. Castigliano's theorems.
  2. Rayleigh-Ritz methods.
  3. Beams with unsymmetric cross-sections.
  4. Buckling of columns.
  5. Elastic-plastic bending.

 

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES*

 

(numbers shown in brackets are links to department educational outcomes)

  1. To use beams to introduce advanced concepts in solid mechanics [1, 3, 5, 11, 12].
  2. To introduce student to the concepts in solid mechanics [1, 3, 5, 11, 12].
  3. To teach students how to use the theorem of minimum potential energy [1, 3, 5, 11, 12].
  4. To teach students how to use Castigliano’s second theorem [1, 3, 5, 11, 12].
  5. To teach students how to estimate a critical buckling load using an equilibrium approach [1, 3, 5, 11, 12].
  6. To teach students how to use energy methods to estimate a critical buckling load [1, 3, 5, 11, 12].
  7. To teach student how to account for plastic deformations in beams [1, 3, 5, 11, 12].

 

 

COURSE

OUTCOMES*

 

(numbers shown in brackets are links to course objectives)

  1. Apply the theorem of minimum potential energy [1, 2, 3].
  2. Apply Castigliano's second theorem [1, 2, 4].
  3. Recognize when to use the theorem of minimum potential energy and Castigliano's second theorem [1, 2, 3, 4].
  4. Estimate the buckling load of a beam-column using the equilibrium method [1, 5].
  5. Estimate the buckling load of a beam-column using the potential energy method [1, 2, 6].
  6. Calculate stresses in a beam for elastic-plastic materials [1, 6].
  7. Calculate the limiting plastic moment for beam with symmetric cross-sections [1, 6].

ASSESSMENT TOOLS
  1. Regular homework assignments.
  2. Exams.

*The ABET99 Group suggests up to 6 objectives and 1-3 outcomes per objective.