Faculty of Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering Department

Strength of Materials
A Course Book for 2nd Stage of Geotechnical Engineering Students

Prepared by:
Assist. Lecturer: Daban Abdulthahir Muhedin

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2014-2015
2nd Year
Strength of Materials
STM5213
3 hrs
2hrs
Assist. Lecturer: Daban A. Muhedin
Engineering Faculty/ Geotechnical Dep.
daban.abdulthahir@koyauniversity.org
Dr. Hamed Mohammed Jassim
Mechanics of Materials, 8nd Edition,
R.C.HIBBELER 2011.

Course Overview
This is a basic course in all Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Programs.
Sometimes it is called: Strength of Materials or Mechanics of Materials.
This course is an introduction to the analysis of deformable bodies like stress,
strain, stress-strain relations, torsion, beam bending and shearing stresses,
stress and strain transformations, beam deflections, statically indeterminate
problems, and column buckling.

Course Objectives
The objective of this course is that the student obtains the basis of Elasticity and the
Strength of Materials. In this way, the student will be able to pre-design different
types of elements, for mechanical components, civil engineering structures and
buildings. For this purpose, the solid model will be thought of as a continuum
material and the stress and strain fields will be computed based on this theory.

 References
R.C.Hibbeler, 2011, Mechanics of Materials, 8th edition in SI units. Pearson
education south Asia Ltd.
Beer, Johnston, DeWolf &Mazurek, 2012, Mechanics of Materials, 6th edition,
McGraw-Hill
Ferdinand L.Singer, Andrew Pytel, Strength of Materials, 3rd edition. New York.
D.K. Singh, 2009. Strength of Materials,2nd edition, New Delhi, India, Ane
Books Pvt. Ltd.
J. Case, L, Chilver &Carl T.F. Ross, 1999. Strength of Materials and Structures,
4th edition, Oxford, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann.

The course will cover the following topics:

No. of Subjects
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Topics Covered
Analysis of stress: concepts and definitions
Analysis of strain: concepts and definitions
Material properties and stress-strain relationships
Axial Loading applications
Torsion
Shear and Moment Diagrams
Transverse Shear
Combined Loadings
Deflection of Beams
Buckling of Columns

 Course outcome measures and assessments

1. One exam during each semester (duration = 90 minutes.)
2. One final exam (duration = 3hrs.).

Grading system
First Semester, 20%
Second Semester, 20%
Final exam 60%
Total 100%

Course policies
1- No cell phone is allowed during the lectures and exams.
2- Students must be on time during all lectures.
3- Exams and quizzes are closed book
4- Students should bring calculator during all lectures and exams.
5- If you have any question about homework or exercises you can discuss it with me during
office hours.

Course Schedule
Weeks No.

Topics

Stress: Introduction, Equilibrium of a Deformable body.

Stress: Stress, Average normal stress in an axially loaded bar.

Stress: Average shear stress, Allowable stress.

Stress: Allowable stress.

Strain: Deformation, Strain.

Mechanical properties of materials: The tension and compression

test, the stress-strain diagram, Stress- strain behavior of ductile and
brittle materials, Hookes law
Mechanical properties of materials: Strain energy, Poissons ratio,
The shear stress-strain diagram.
Axial load: Elastic deformation of an axially loaded member,
principles of superposition statically indeterminate axially loaded
member.
Axial load: The force method of analysis for axially loaded members.

10

Thermal stress, Stress concentration.

11

Torsion: Torsional deformation of a circular shaft, The torsion

formula.
Power transmission, Angle of twist.

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8

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15

Torsion: Statically indeterminate torque- Loaded members, stress

concentration.
Bending: Shear and moment diagrams, Graphical method for
construction shear and moment diagrams.
Bending: The flexure formula

16

Bending: The flexure formula

17

Transverse shear: Shear in straight members, The shear formula.

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19

Combined loadings: Thin- walled pressures vessels state of stress

causes by combined loadings.
Combined loadings: State of stress caused by combined loadings.

20

Stress transformation: Plane Stress Transformation.

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22

Stress transformation: General equations of plane- stress

transformation.
Principles stresses and maximum in plane stress.

23

Stress transformation: Mohrs circle Place stress.

24

Strain Transformation: Plain strain, General equations of plane

Strain transformation.

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14

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Strain Transformation: Mohrs circle Place stress

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30

Deflection of beams: The elastic curve, Slope and displacement by

integration method.
Deflection of beams: The elastic curve, Slope and displacement by
integration method.
Deflection of beams: Slope and displacement by the moment-area
method
Deflection of beams: Slope and displacement by the moment-area
method
Buckling of columns: Critical load, Ideal column with pin supports.

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Buckling of columns: Critical load, Ideal column with pin supports.

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The main objectives of subjects:

First Subject: Analysis of stress: concepts and definitions
Subject Objectives:
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Introduction to strength of materials

What is strength of materials?
Review basic principles of static and mechanics
Understanding the analysis of stress and relating to external forces and moments.

Second Subject: Analysis of strain: concepts and definitions

Subject Objectives:
1. Understand the concept of strain
2. Understand the use of approximate deformed shapes for calculation strains from
displacements.

Third Subject: Material properties and stress-strain relationships

Subject Objectives:

1. Understand the qualitative and quantitative descriptions of mechanical properties of

materials.

2. Understand the logic relationship between stress-strain diagrams.

Fourth Subject: Axial Loading applications

Subject Objectives:
1. Understand the theory, its limitations, and its applications for the design and analysis of
axial members.
2. Develop the discipline to draw free-body diagrams and find support reactions when it
cannot be determined by equilibrium equations.

Fifth Subject: Torsion

Subject Objectives:
1. Understand the theory, its limitations, and its applications in design and analysis of
torsion.
2. Visualize the direction of tensional stress and the surface on which it acts.

Sixth Subject: Shear and Moment Diagrams

Subject Objectives:
1. Learn how to find stress in members caused by bending.
2. Learn how to determine shear and moment diagrams.

Seventh Subject: Transverse Shear

Subject Objectives:
1. Learn the equations and procedures of relating stresses in different coordinate systems
(on different planes) at a point.

Eighth Subject: Combined Loadings

Subject Objectives:

1. Lean the computation of stresses and strains in structural members subjected to

combined axial, torsion, and bending loads.
2. Develop the analysis skills for computation of internal forces and moments on individual
members that compromise a structure.

Ninth Subject: Deflection of Beams

Subject Objectives:
1. Learn to formulate and solve the boundary-value problem for the deflection of a beam
at any point.
2. Use different methods to find support reactions for indeterminate structures.

Tenth Subject: Buckling of Columns

Subject Objectives:
1. Develop an appreciation of phenomenon of buckling and the various types structure
instability.
2. Understand the use buckling formulas in the analysis and design of structures.

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