Mechanics of Materials I: Fundamentals of Stress & Strain and Axial Loading

Syllabus
Week 1
Welcome
Stress and Strain Fundamentals
Introduction and Course Overview
Stress Fundamentals – Axial Centric Loads
State of Stress at a Point
Normal Strain Fundamentals
Quiz
Quiz: Quiz on Stress and Strain Fundamentals
Week 2
Stress-Strain Diagrams, Material Properties, and Shear Stress and Strain
Stress-Strain Diagrams and Material Properties
Shear Stress and Strain
Quiz
Quiz: Quiz on Stress-Strain Diagrams, Material Properties, and Shear Stress and Strain
Week 3
Stresses on Inclined Planes
Stresses on Inclined Planes
Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress
Quiz
Quiz: Quiz on Stresses on Inclined Planes
Week 4
Stress concentrations, Mohr’s Circle for Plane Strain, and measuring strains
Stress Concentrations
Plane Strain
Mohr’s Circle for Plane Strain
Measuring Strains
Quiz
Quiz: Quiz on Stress concentrations, Mohr’s Circle for Plane Strain, and measuring strains
Week 5
Generalized Hooke’s Laws, Factor of Safety, Non-linear behavior and Plasticity, Statically Indeterminate Structures, and Thermal Effects
Generalized Hooke’s Laws for Isotropic Materials
Factor of Safety
Nonlinear Behavior and Plasticity
Statically Indeterminate Structures – Axial Loading
Thermal Effects
Quiz
Quiz: Quiz on Generalized Hooke’s Laws, Factor of Safety, Non-linear behavior and Plasticity, Statically Indeterminate Structures, and Thermal Effects