CVE224 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
| Course Code: | 3640224 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Civil Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr ABDULLAH EKİNCİ |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Having successfully completed this course, the student will be able to
- understand deformation, stress, strain, and deflection concepts
- understand the strength of material and the scale of structure
Course Content
Simple stress and strain. Equilibrium, compatibility and constitutive relations. State of stress and state of strain with emphasis on two dimensional problems. Bending and shear stresses. Deflection of beams. Torsion of circular shafts. Combined stresses. Buckling of columns.
Course Learning Outcomes
An ability to understand stress and strain concepts
An ability to find stresses for axial force, bending moment, shear force and combined loading
An ability to find principal stresses and directions
An ability to learn how to compute deflections in the beams
An ability to have basic knowledge in buckling of columns