Course Name
Mechanics of Materials
Course Code
ME2002
Offered by Department
Mechanical Engineering
Structure(LTPC)
3
1
0
4
To be offered for
B.Tech.
Course Type
Core
Prerequisite
Engineering Mechanics
Approved In
Senate-44
Learning Objectives
To understand the principles of solid mechanics as applied to the simplified case of elastic
solids.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, a student will be able to
Analyses the material behavior under different static loading conditions
Solve problems related to deformation of elastic bodies
Design the geometry of elements like beams, shafts, columns, under equilibrium
loads
Course Contents(with
approximate breakup of
hours for
lecture/tutorial/practice)
Equilibrium of a deformable body, stress, deformation, strain, Hooke ‘s law for simple
tension, compression and shear; axial loads; Torsion of circular shafts.(9L+3T)
Beam Bending: Shear force and bending moment diagrams, Euler-Bernoulli beam,
bending stresses, shearing stress, deflection of beams.(12L+4T)
Buckling of Columns: eccentric loading under various end constraints. (3L+1T) Biaxial
and Triaxial states of stress and strain, Transformations, Principal stresses and strains,
Mohr‘s circle.(9L+3T)
Theories of failure; Design of thin cylinders, shafts and beams; Energy methods.
(9L+3T)
Essential Reading
1. F.P.Beer, E.R.Johnston, J.T. Dewolf, D.F.Mazurek and S.Sanghi, Mechanics of
Materials, McGraw Hill, 8thedition, 2020.
2. J.M.Gere and B.J.Goodno, Mechanics of Materials, 8th edition, Cengage, 2013.
Supplementary
Reading
1. R. C.Hibbeler, Mechanics of Materials, Pearson education, 9thedition, 2013.
2. A.C.Ugural, Mechanics of Materials, Wiley India Pvt Ltd, 2013.
3. E. P.Popov, Mechanics of Materials, Pearson education, 2ndedition, 2015.