ME-325 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS-II
CREDIT HOURS
Theory = 3
Practical = 0
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)
| S. No. | CLOs | PLO | Taxonomy |
| 1 | Apply stresses and strains transformation techniques, and failure theories/mechanisms, using analytical and/or graphical approaches | PLO-2 Problem Analysis |
Cognitive Level 3* |
| 2 | Analyze stresses in load-bearing components (such as beams, pressure vessels, cylinders, rotating disks, plate etc.) under various loading conditions. | PLO-2 Problem Analysis |
Cognitive Level 4* |
| 3 | Design of industrial structural components under various loading conditions using appropriate standards/codes and norms of engineering practices | PLO-7 Ethics |
Psychomotor Level 5* |
COURSE CONTENT
- Analysis of Stress & Strain: Stress at Point, Stress Tensor, Tensor algebra, Triaxial State of Stress, Stress Transformation, Principal and Maximum In-plane Shear Stress, Mohr’s Circle, Variation of Stress Within a Body, Equilibrium Equations, Strain Transformation, Principal Strain and Maximum In-plane Shear Strain, Compatibility Equations, Displacement Filed Computed from Strain Field, Strain Rosette, Volume Dilatation, Plane Stress and Plane Strain Approach, Airy’s Function.
- Theories of Failure & Fracture Mechanics: Failure theories for ductile and brittle materials, Maximum Shear Stress Theory, Maximum Normal Stress Theory, Maximum Distortion Energy Theory, Mohr’s Theory, Total strain energy Theory, Failure Criteria for Metal Fatigue, Fatigue Life under Combined Loading, Fracture Toughness.
- Analysis of Beams: Review of theory of beams, Bending of Curved Beams, Statically Indeterminate Beams, Compatibility and Continuity Equations, Boundary Conditions, Elastic Curves, Double Integration Method, Superposition Method, Singularity Function.
- Pressure Vessels and Axisymmetrically Loaded Members: Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels, State of Stress Caused by Combined Loadings, Thick-Walled cylinders, Tangential Stress, Compound Cylinders, Rotating Disk of Constant Thickness, Rotating Disks of Variable Thickness, Rotating Disks of Uniform Stress, ASME codes
- Energy Methods: Strain Energy, Strain-Energy Density, Elastic Strain Energy for Normal Stresses, Elastic Strain Energy for Shearing Stresses, Strain Energy for a General State of Stress, Impact Loading, Design for Impact Loads, Work and Energy under a Single Load, Deflection under a Single Load by the Work-Energy Method, Work and Energy under Several Loads, Castigliano’s Theorem, Deflections by Castigliano’s Theorem
- Analysis of Plates: Introduction and classification of plates, boundary conditions, classical plate theory
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Text Book(s)
- Ferdinand P. Beer, Russell Johnston, John DeWolf, David Mazurek, “Mechanics of Materials”, 7th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2024.
- Russell Hibbeler, “Mechanics of Materials”, 10th edition. Pearson, 2022
Reference Book(s)
- Berry Goodono, Gere, J. M., “Mechanics of Materials”, 8th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2012.
- Ansel Ugural, Mechanics of Materials, 1st Edition, Wiley, 2007.
*For details of Taxonomy Levels CLICK HERE
