Mechanics of Solids 

• Course Code: CE 201

• Session: Offered in Odd Semesters (Ongoing Session: July 2024 – Nov 2024) 

• Pre-requisite: None

• Outcome: Upon completion of the Solid Mechanics course, students will be able to:

1. Compute axial stress and strains for various structures using Hooke's Law.

2. Analyze stresses and strains in symmetrical beams, both single material and composite, under transverse loading.

3. Determine shear stress and strains on different cross-sections of beams and structures, including those with circular or annular cross-sections under torsion.

4. Evaluate stresses and strains in thin-walled pressure vessels and combine these stresses for complex loading conditions using Mohr's circle.

5. Identify basic modes of structural failure, apply failure theories to assess failure conditions, and establish safety factors for simple structural systems.

Brief Overview of Modules : 

• • Module 1  Stresses and strains, stress-strain diagrams, working stress, a factor of safety.

  • Module 2  Composite bars in tension and compression, thermal stresses and strain, Strain energy,  and relation between elastic constants.

  • Module 3  Plane stress and plane strain, Stress Tensor, principal stresses and strains, Mohr’s circle. Theories of elastic failures.

  • Module 4  Stresses in thin-walled pressure vessel, Torsion of circular shafts.

  • Module 5   Bending moment and shear force diagrams for beams. Simple theory of bending, bending, and shear stresses in beams. 

  • Module 6 Slope and deflection of beams by double integration, area moment, and conjugate beam methods. 

  • Module 7 Theories of thin and thick cylinders.

Assessment Scheme: Quizzes, Assignments, Tutorials, Mid-terms and End-terms.