Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

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
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).