CE236

MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

PCC

310

4 Credits

Pre-requisites: CE101: Engineering Mechanics

Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
CO1

Understand statically determinate and indeterminate problems.

CO2

Determine the resistance and deformation in members subjected to axial, flexural and
torsional loads.

CO3

Evaluate principal stresses, strains and apply the concept of failure theories for design.

CO4

Analyze and design thin, thick cylinders and springs.

Mapping of course outcomes with program outcomes

Course
Outcomes

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12

CO1

CO2

CO3

CO4

Detailed Syllabus:
Resistance and Deformation: Concept of Resistance and deformation - Determinate and
Indeterminate problems in Tension and Compression - Thermal Stresses - pure shear
Youngs modulus of elasticity, Poissons ratio, Modulus of rigidity and Bulk modulus - Relation
between elastic constants - Stress-strain diagrams for brittle and ductile materials - working
stress - Strain energy in tension and compression - Impact loading.
Thin and Thick Cylinders: Thin and Thick Cylinders spherical shells subjected to internal fluid
pressure Wire wound thin cylinders Compound cylinders Shrink fit.
Shear Force And Bending Moment: Types of supports - Types of beams Types of loads
articulated beams - Shear Force and Bending Moment diagrams.
Theory Of Simple Bending: Assumptions - Bending stresses in beams - Efficiency of
various cross sections - Composite beams.
Shear Stress Distribution: Flexural shear stress distribution in different cross sections of beams.
Torsion of Circular cross sections: Theory of pure torsion - transmission of Power in Solid and
Hollow circular shafts Combined bending and torsion.
Principal Stresses and Strains: Analysis of Biaxial state of stress with and without shear Mohr's Circle

Theories of failure: Dilation Distortion - Maximum Principal Stress Theory - Maximum

Principal Strain Theory - Maximum Shear Stress Theory - Strain Energy Theory - Distortion
energy theory.
Deflection Of Beams: Slope and deflection of beams - Double Integration method Macaulays
method strain energy method.
Springs: Axial load and torque on helical springs stresses and deformations strain energy
compound springs - leaf springs.
Reading
1. Timoshenko and Gere, Mechanics of Materials, CBS Publishers, 2011.
2. E.P.Popov, Engineering Mechanics of Solids, PHI, 2009.
3. S. B. Junarkar, Mechanics of Structures, Charotar Publishers, 2010.