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Mechanics of Solids - Stresses and Strains
(i) Normal strain
(ii) Shear strain
(iii) Stress / Strain relationships
(iv) Stress concentrations
(v) Elasticity
(vi) Plasticity
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Mechanics of Solids - Pure Bending of Beams
(i) The Flexure formula
(ii) 2nd moment of area
(iii) Relationship between flexure and curvature
(iv) Differential equation of flexure
(v) Macauly's method
(vi) Inelastic bending of beams
(vii) Beams of two materials
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Mechanics of Solids - Shearing Stress in Beams
(i) Relation between shear and bending moment
(ii) Shear Flow
(iii) Shearing Stress formula for beams
(iv) Limitations of shearing stress formula
(v) Shear centre
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Mechanics of Solids - Torsion
(i) Torsion Force, Strain, Angle of twist
(ii) The torsion formula for circular sections (iii) Torsional stress calculations
(iii) Angle of twist of circular members
(iv) Thin walled tubes
(v) Thick walled tubes
(vi) Solid noncircular members
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Mechanics of Solids - Compound Stresses
(i) Superpositions
(ii) Combined axial and flexural stresses
(iii) The Dam problem
(iv) Unsymmetrical bending
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Mechanics of Solids - Plane Stress and Strain
(i) Equations for the transformation of plane stress and plane strain
(ii) Principle stresses and strains
(iii) Maximum shearing stress and strain
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Structural Analysis - Basic Structural Concepts
(i) Equilibrium, Actions and reactions
(ii) Linearity
(iii) Superposition
(iv) Compatibility
(v) Determinancy
(vi) Geometric Stability
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Structural Analysis - Statically Determinate Plane Structures
(i) Problems in statics - equilibrium, friction, buoyancy
(ii) Analysis of plane trusses
(iii) Statically determinate beams
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Module Resources
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Recommended Book Resources |
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T. H. G. Megson,Thomas Henry Gordon Megson. (2014), Structural and Stress Analysis, Butterworth Heinemann, p.748, [ISBN: 9780080999364].
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Malcolm Millais. (2017), Building Structures, 3. Routledge, [ISBN: 113811975X].
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Supplementary Book Resources |
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Gere J.M., Goodno B J. (2012), Mechanics of Materials Eighth Student International Edition, 8. Nelson Engineering, [ISBN: 978-111157774].
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