Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Foundations of Solid Mechanics is one of the primary subjects for civil engineering and mechanical engineering. As a branch of mechanics, Foundations of Solid Mechanics is a basic subject for structural analysis and design deals with loads, deformations and the forces acting on the members. This course provides a conceptual introduction to stress and strain, bending, shear and torsion, and intends to make the students understand the rudimentary knowledge of structural analysis and design.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 24.10.2023 - 07.12.2023

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Mohamed Noureldin

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  This course focuses primarily on the notion of stress and strain; the stress and strain due to different internal forces like axial force, bending moment, shear force and torsion; analysis and design of beams; plane-stress transformation; Mohr s circle and failure theories and buckling of columns, etc.

• applies in this implementation

  This course focuses primarily on the notion of stress and strain; the stress and strain due to different internal forces like axial force, bending moment, shear force; analysis and design of beams; plane-stress transformation; Mohr's circle and failure theories and buckling of columns, etc.
  

  
  

  Course Contents:

  Behavior & Mechanical Properties of Materials:
  

  • Introduction to Mechanics of Materials

  • Normal Stress and Strain

  • Mechanical Properties of Materials

  • Elasticity, Plasticity, and Creep

  • Linear Elasticity, Hooke’s Law, and Poisson’s Ratio

  • Shear Stress and Strain

  • Allowable Stresses and Allowable Loads

  
  

  Axially Loaded Members:

  • Changes in Lengths of Axially Loaded Members

  • Thermal Effects

  • Strain Energy-1 (Nonuniform Bars)

  • Strain Energy-2 (Displacements Caused by a Single Load)

  
  

  Stresses in Beams:

  • Pure Bending and Non-uniform Bending

  • Curvature of a Beam, Longitudinal Strains in Beams

  • Normal Stresses in Beams (Linearly Elastic Materials)

  • Shear Stresses in Beams

  
  

  Analysis of Stress and Strain:

  • Principal Stresses 

  • Maximum Shear Stresses

  • Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress

  
  
  
  

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Weekly assignments (Homework), the mid-term exam (or report), and the final exam will be considered in the assessment.

• applies in this implementation

  Weekly assignments (Homework) and the final exam will be considered in the assessment.
  

  
  

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lectures, exercise, homework, and student self-learning. Details will be given in the syllabus

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language : English

  Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn II
  2023-2024 Autumn II

  Enrollment :

  Registration for the course via Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi).

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