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COURSE INFORMATION FOR CURRENT SEMESTER/TERM

References/Teaching Ma-
Week Lecture/Tutorial/Assignment Topic
terials/Equipment

1 Introduction: Concept of stress (Free Body Diagram, stress in struc- Reference Book,
ture, analysis and design, normal stress, shearing stress, bearing Lecture Notes
stress)
Concept of stress: Application to simple structure, Method of problem
2 solving, Numerical accuracy, oblique plane, components of stress, Reference Book,
design considerations). Lecture Notes
Tutorial 1
3 Stress and Strain: Axial Loading ( Stress-strain diagram, Hooke's law, Reference Book,
Elastic vs Plastic behaviour, Fatigue, deformations, statically indeter- Lecture Notes
minate problems)
Stress and Strain: Axial Loading (Temperature changes, Poisson's
4 Ratio, multiaxial loading, shear strain, Saint-Venant's Principle, stress Reference Book,
concentration, Plastic Deformation) Lecture Notes
Tutorial 2

5 Torsion: Deformations, elastic range, angle of twist, statically indeter- Reference Book,
minate, design of shaft, stress concentration. Lecture Notes

6 Pure bending: Symetric member, elastic range, cross section, several Reference Book,
materials, stress concentrations
Lecture Notes
Tutorial 3
7 Columns: Stability of structures, Euler's formula, extension of Euler's Reference Book,
formula.
Lecture Notes
Tutorial 4
8 Analysis and design of beams for bending: Shear and bending mo- Reference Book,
ment diagrams, relations of load, shear and bending moment. Design
Lecture Notes
of prismatic beam
Shearing stress in beams: Horizontal face, shearing stresses in beam,
9 shearing stress in common types of beams. Reference Book,
Tutorial 5
Lecture Notes
Test (20%)
Test (30%)
10 Transformation of stress and strain: Plane stress, principal stresses, Reference Book,
maximum shearing stress, mohr's circle. Lecture Notes

11 Transformation of stress and strain: General state of stress, Applica- Reference Book,
tion of Mohr's circle to 3D analysis
Lecture Notes
Tutorial 6
12 Deflection of beams: transverse loading, equation of elastic curve. Reference Book,
Assignment (20%) Lecture Notes

Energy Methods: Strain energy, strain energy density, elastic strain
13 energy for normal and shearing stresses. Strain Energy for a general Reference Book,
state of stress. Lecture Notes
Tutorial 7
14 Energy methods: Impact loadings, design for impact loads, work and Reference Book,
energy, deflection under single load, Castigliano's theorem Lecture Notes

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