Mechanics of Materials
Course Outline
Whether you are an engineer or an architect, it is essential to have a basic understanding about the mechanics of materials. This course introduces engineers and architects to the fundamental principles involved in designing typical components such as drive shafts, floor beams, pressure tanks, and bolted connections found in machines or structures. The topics include the mechanical properties of materials, torsion, bending, stress and strain transformation, beam deflection, and column stability, with the emphasis towards the basic concepts and real-world applications.
The course content is based entirely on an engineering video tutorial series and the textbook Mechanics of Materials by Beer, Johnson, Dewolf and Mazurek or equivalent. This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to
enhance the understanding of course materials.
Learning
Objectives
At
the conclusion of this course, the student will:
Course Content
The purpose of this course is to review basic concepts of material analysis and design using the strength of materials approach. You are required to review the following video
playlist
(you may select the topics of interest to
you within the playlist):
Mechanics of Materials
- A Complete Reivew (Videos)
and
use the Mechanics of Materials by Beer, Johnson, Dewolf and Mazurek or Mechanics of Materials
by R.C. Hibbeler or an equivalent textbook as a reference to solve all the quiz
problems. If you do not have a hard copy of the above textbooks, you may use the following online book by Prof. Madhukar Vable (a hardcopy is also available for purchase through Amazon.com):
Introduction to Mechanics of Materials (PDF, 595 pages)
Please click the above link to download the entire book for your study. Here is the Table of Content of the book:
Chapter 1 Stress
Chapter 2 Strain
Chapter 3 Mechanical Properties of Materials
Chapter 4 Axial Members
Chapter 5 Torsion of Shafts
Chapter 6 Symmetric Bending of Beams
Chapter 7 Deflection of Symmetric Beams
Chapter 8 Stress Transformation
Chapter 9 Strain Transformation
Chapter 10 Design and Failure
Chapter 11 Stability of Columns
Appendices
For your convenience, we have a summary on this topic in the quiz section for
you to download. You may also gain a good understanding of the subject by reviewing
some topics contained on the following web page:
Mechanics of Material Basics: General Equation and Definitions (HTML)
Quiz
Once you finish studying the above course content you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.