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Mechanics of Solids BAE402

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Official AKTU syllabus of Mechanics of Solids (BAE402) for B.Tech 2nd Year – 4 credits, L-T-P 3-1-0. Read the unit-wise course content, course outcomes, evaluation pattern and recommended books online, or download the PDF.

Syllabus — Mechanics of Solids

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BAE402 · 4 credits · L-T-P 3-1-0

Course Outcomes

Course Outcomes: After completion of this course, the students will be able toBloom’s Taxonomy
CO1Understand the significance of centroid and moment of inertia in structural components.K2
CO2Understand the nature of stresses developed in simple geometries like bars, beams, shafts, columns, cylinders and spheres for various types of simple loads.K2
CO3Determine the safe loads for components subjected to buckling.K3
CO4Evaluate the strain and deformation resulting from various simple and compound loading conditions.K3
CO5Determine the stresses acting on rotating shafts and curved beams.K3

UNIT-I (08 Hours)

Force Systems: Concept of force, moment and couple; types of force systems; free body diagram, resultant of force systems: parallelogram law, polygon law, Lami’s theorem, Varignon’s theorem; principle of transmissibility of forces.

Properties of cross-section: centroid of plane figures; concept of moment of inertia, polar moment of inertia, product of inertia; parallel and perpendicular axis theorems; radius of gyration.

UNIT-II (08 Hours)

Simple stress system: types of stress: normal and shear; concept of strain, Hooke's law, Poisson's ratio; gradual, sudden and impact loads; strain energy; thermal stresses.

Compound stress system: Stresses on inclined planes in 2-D and 3-D; magnitudes and planes of principal stresses and maximum shear stress; Mohr's circle, principal strains; theories of failure.

UNIT-III (09 Hours)

Stresses in beams: Types of beams; determination of support reactions, dhear force diagram and bending moment diagram, pure bending, normal and transverse stresses in beams; combined bending and direct stresses; composite beams.

Deflection of beams: Double integration method, Macaulay's method and moment area method.

UNIT-IV (08 Hours)

Stresses in shafts: Torsional shear stresses in circular cross-section shafts; combined bending & torsion; shafts in series and parallel; stresses in rotating shaft.

Buckling of columns: Slenderness ratio; Euler’s theory, effect of end conditions on column buckling; Rankine's theory.

UNIT-V (08 Hours)

Pressure Vessels: Types of stresses in thin-walled and thick-walled pressure vessels; strains in cylindrical pressure vessels with flat ends and hemi-spherical ends; spherical pressure vessels, built-in pressure vessels.

Bending of curved beams: Position of neutral axis for rectangular and circular sections, stresses in crane hooks, stresses in circular rings.

Reference Books

  1. Engineering Mechanics, K.L.Kumar, Tata McGraw Hill
  2. Strength of Materials, S.S.Rattan, Tata McGraw Hill
  3. Mechanics of Materials, Beer & Johnston, Tata McGraw Hill
  4. Mechanics of Solids, Bhavikatti, New Age International
  5. Strength of Materials, R.K. Rajput, S.Chand & Company

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