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COURSE PRO FORMA

IMPORTANT:

Contents of this Pro Forma shall not be changed without the Senate’s approval for items indicated with *. Changes
to the other items can be approved at the Academy/Faculty/Institution/Centre level.

Academy/Faculty/Centre Engineering

Department Mechanical Engineering

Programme Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)

Course Code* KMEM 2217

Course Title* Applied Mechanics of Materials

Course Pre-requisite(s)/ Minimum Require- KMEM 1107
ment(s)

Student Learning Time (SLT)* 120

Credit Hours* 3
Course Learning Outcomes* By the end of this course, students are able to:
1. Apply theories of stress and strain that are essential for the analysis of
a structural or mechanical system subjected to loads.
2. Apply energy methods to obtain elastic deflections of statically determi-
nate structures
3. Apply the concepts of symmetrical and nonsymmetrical bending of
straight beams and the plane of loads.
4. Evaluate the nature of a stress concentration problem and the stress
concentration factor.

Transferable Skills Communication skills
Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Team work skills
Life long learning and information management

Synopsis of Course Contents Introduction to mechanics of materials, Theories of stress and strain, Linear
stress-strain-temperature relations, Inelastic material behaviour, Torsion of
circular and non circular bars, Thin-walled cylinder, the Prandtl Elastic-
Membrane (Soap-Film) analogy, Bending and bending stresses in beams
(Nonsymmetrical bending), Deflections of straight beams (subjected to non-
symmetrical bending), Applications of Energy Methods, Stress concentra-
tion and the stress concentration factors (theory of elasticity, combined
loads).

Learning Strategies (lecture, tutorial, work- Classroom instruction, AL, CL
shop, discussion, etc.)

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