Course Description :
Loads and reactions -Types of loads, Types of supports. Classification of beams – Axial Loads Stress-Strain relationship, Poisson’s ratio, Shear stress and Factor of safety, stresses caused by temperature – Torsion Torque diagram, the torsion formula, Angle of twist of circular members – Shearing force and bending moment diagram Method of sections, Sign convention for shearing force and bending moment, Relation between shear force and bending moment, bending of compound beams – Shear stresses in beams the shear stress formula for Shear flow - Complex stresses and strains-- Stresses on an inclined plane, Principal stresses, Maximum shear stress, Mohr’s circle of stress, Design of shaft, Stress and strain relationships, Relation between the elastic constants, Strains in an inclined plane, Mohr’s circle of strain gauges – Deflection of beams Relations between shear force, bending moment, slope and deflection, Direct integration method, Mycology’s method for concentrated loads. Moment area method The theorem of Castilian, the three-- moments equation-- continuous beams.
