Course: Mechanics of Materials

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Course title Mechanics of Materials
Course code KME/MM-E
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Grznár Martin, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Gabriel Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. External and internal forces. Mechanical equilibrium. Method of sections. Definition of stress and strain. Normal and shear stress. Axial and shear strain. Three-dimensional stress state. Assumptions, definition and solution approaches of linear elastostatic problem. 2. Transformation of coordinates, stress tensor, and strain tensor. Principal planes, stresses and strains. Maximum shear stress. Mohr's diagram for stresses and strains. 3. Hooke's law. Determination of material parameters using experimental tests. Stress-strain response of ductile and brittle materials. Engineering constants (Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, shear modulus). 4. Strain-energy density. Failure and yield criteria (Tresca, Von Mises, Mohr-Coloumb). 5. Geometrical characteristics of areas (first, second, product and polar moments of inertia). Composite shapes. Parallel axis theorem. Moments for rotated axes. Mohr's circle. Principal axes and moments. 6. Pure tension-compression of rods. Assumptions, internal loads, designing dimensions, analysis of deformation (displacement, elongation). 7. Pure torsion of cylindrical rods. Assumptions, internal loads, designing dimensions, analysis of deformation (rotation). 8. Bending of slender beams. Assumptions (Euler-Bernoulli beam theory), internal loads, Schwedler's theorem, designing dimensions, analysis of deformation (deflection, rotation). 9. Effects of temperature. Statically determinate and indeterminate structures (tension, torsion, bending). 10. Castigliano's theorem. Planar curved beams and frames. 11. Stability (buckling) of straight rods. Euler's and Tetmayer's theories. 12. Thick-walled cylindrical vessels. 13. Thin-walled shells of revolution.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 45 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 25 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
knows fundamental methods of differentiation and integration
knows fundamentals of matrix and vector algebra
knows mechanics of point masses and rigid bodies
knows fundamentals of mathematical analysis
Skills
is able to solve set of linear equations
is able to find basic derivatives and evaluate basic integrals
is able to apply matrix and vector alebra
is able to apply fundamentals of mathematical analysis
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
student orients himself in the relationships of linear elastostatics
is able to solve stress and strain states of simple bodies loaded in tension, torsion, bending, or combinations thereof
can solve problems of uniaxial, plane, and threedimensional stress states and applies failure conditions in dimensions designing
applies the knowledge of the course on principal problems of linear elastostatics in real-world problems
Skills
is able to analytically solve problems of stresses and strains of rods and beams loaded in tension, torsion, or bending
is able to design dimensions of loaded rod or beam
is able to analyze uniaxial, plane, and three-dimensional states of stress
is able to apply failure conditions
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Skills
Practicum
Competences
Self-study of literature
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Combined exam
Competences
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Gere, J. M. Mechanics of materials. 6th ed. Toronto : Thomson, 2006. ISBN 0-534-41793-0.
  • Hearn, E. J. Mechanics of materials : an introduction to the mechanics of elastic and plastic deformation of solids and structural materials. 2. 3rd ed. Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997. ISBN 0-7506-3266-6.
  • Riley, William F.; Sturges, Leroy D.; Morris, Don H. Mechanics of materials. 6th ed. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2007. ISBN 978-0-471-70511-6.


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