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Textbook:
Mechanics of Materials
Beer, Johnston, DeWolf and Mazurek, McGraw Hill, 7th Edition, 2014
Objectives of Course:
The course objective is to develop skills in treating new structures involving mechanical loading,
identifying the critical parameters that govern the behaviour of the structure, and making
engineering assumptions that would ultimately lead to realistic stress and displacement
solutions for the structure. Students will learn to derive and use a comprehensive list of stress
analysis formulas, to clearly document solution procedures, and assess the realism of their
answers. Specifically, we identify the following objectives for MIE222:
1. Apply mostly static techniques to develop accurate free body diagrams and the
associated equilibrium equations to set up the foundation for stress analysis,
2. Conduct stress and deformation analyses for structures and systems exposed to axial
torsional, shear, bending and thermal loads, when acting either independently or in
combination.
3. Consider the stress analysis of both determinate and indeterminate structures.
4. Apply stress and strain transformations to characterize two state of stress in any
coordinate system.
5. Apply the concepts of principal stresses and strains to calculate maximum stresses and
strains and determine the critical loads for failure of a structure.
6. Use both strength and rigidity analysis concepts to design engineering components and
structures and conduct simple two-dimensional finite element analysis.
This course is an introduction to the field of Solid Mechanics known also as Mechanics or
Strength of Materials. It consists of studying the behavior of structural members and machine
components under applied loading and applying that knowledge to analyze real engineering
problems. The applied loads can be axial or transverse forces, twisting torques, bending
moments and combinations thereof. These loads, which are transmitted through structural
members and machine components via internal stresses, lead to deformations/deflections of
these components. Both elastic and elasto-plastic deformations are studied. The course further
considers complex stress system and stress transformation under plane loading conditions and
emphasizes the use of failure criteria in the design process. Both strength and rigidity
calculations are considered through out the course.
In this course, structural members and machine components are modeled as bars, shafts, beams
and columns, which stretch, twist, bend and buckle under applied loads and contain stress
concentration features and residual stresses. Implications of mechanical behavior on the design
of machine components and structural members are stressed throughout the course. Both
determinate and indeterminate structures are examined.
Specifically, the course content includes: Axial loading of members; Elasto-Plastic Torsion;
Torsion of Noncircular Sections; Elasto-Plastic Bending of Beams; Shearing Stresses in Beams
and Shear Centre; Transformation of Stress and Strain States; Principal Stresses and Principal
Strains under Plane Loading; Yield and Failure Criteria for both Ductile and Brittle materials; Thin
Walled Circular and Spherical Pressure Vessels; Deflection of Beams; Statically Indeterminate
Structures. Extensive visual aids are typically used to demonstrate complex concepts and aid in
visualizing these concepts.
The course is further supported by a number of projects that are revised annually. Examples of
these projects include:
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Students are assigned these projects during the first week of term and are asked to validate
their hypotheses by conducting finite element modeling, photoelastic stress analysis, strain
gauge measurements, mechanical testing, and imaging of the fracture surfaces. Typical
examples of projects are attached to this brief description.
Grading Policy:
Project/Labs (20%):
Students are asked to submit group progress reports every two weeks.
Quizzes (10%):
Midterm Exam (20%): A 2-hour midterm examination will be given approximately the 7th week
of class.
Final Exam (50%):
Additional Information:
All lecture, tutorial problems, model solutions of these problems, Information on the projects,
lab assignments and announcements (including this syllabus) are posted in UofT portal. In
addition, the first lecture of the course is devoted wholly to the course syllabus, code of conduct
expected, the projects, the use of the portal, and discipline during lectures, labs and tutorials. In
addition, the students are reminded of the importance of safety during labs.