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MEC-203 MECHANICS OF SOLIDS-I
Lecture Tutorial Practical Credits Major Minor Total Time
Test Test (Hrs.)
3 1 0 4 75 25 100 3
Purpose The objective of this course is to make the students aware of Stress, Strain and
deformation of solids with the applications to beams, shafts and column and struts. The
course will help the students to build the fundamental concepts in order to solve
engineering problems.
Course Outcomes
CO1 Apply fundamental principles of mechanics & principles of equilibrium to simple and
practical problems of engineering, determine centroid and moment of inertia of a
different geometrical shapes and able to understand its importance. Explain the basic
concepts of stress and strain and solve the problems
CO 2 Determine and calculate the values of principal stresses. Express the concept of shear
force and bending moment of beams. Construct shear force and bending moment
diagram for beams.
CO 3 Express the concept of torsion of circular shaft and able to solve the problems on
torsion of circular shaft. Illustrate and solve the problems on bending and shear
stresses on beams
CO 4 Solve the problems on column and strut and Derive the derivations and solve the
problems on slope and deflection.
Unit-I
Introduction: Force, types of forces, Characteristics of a force, System of forces, Composition and
resolution of forces, forces in equilibrium, principle and laws of equilibrium, Free body diagrams, Lami's
Theorem, equations of equilibrium, Concept of center of gravity and centroid, centroid of various
shapes: Triangle, circle, semicircle and trapezium, theorem of parallel and perpendicular axes, moment
of inertia of simple geometrical figures, polar moment of inertia. Numerical Problems
Simple Stresses & Strains: Concept & types of Stresses and strains, Poisson’s ratio, stresses and
strain in simple and compound bars under axial loading, stress strain diagrams, Hook’s law, elastic
constants & their relationships, temperature stress & strain in simple & compound bars under axial
loading, Numerical problems.
Unit-II
Principle Stresses: Two dimensional systems, stress at a point on a plane, principal stresses and
principal planes, Mohr’s circle of stresses, Numerical Problems.
Shear Force & Bending Moments: Definitions, SF & BM diagrams for cantilevers, simply supported
beams with or without over-hang and calculation of maximum BM & SF and the point of contraflexture
under (i) concentrated loads, (ii) uniformly distributed loads over whole span or a part of it,
(iii)combination of concentrated loads and uniformly distributed loads, (iv) uniformly varying loads and
(v) application of moments, relation between the rate of loading, the shear force and the bending
moments, Numerical Problems.
. Unit-III
Torsion of Circular Members: Derivation of equation of torsion, Solid and hollow circular shafts,
tapered shaft, stepped shaft & composite circular shafts, Numerical problems.
Flexural and Shear Stresses – Theory of simple bending, Assumptions, derivation of equation of
bending, neutral axis, determination of bending stresses, section modulus of rectangular & circular
(solid & hollow), I,T, Angle, channel sections, composite beams, shear stresses in beams with
derivation, shear stress distribution across various beam sections like rectangular, circular, triangular, I,
T, angle sections. combined bending and torsion, equivalent torque,. Numerical problems.
Unit-IV
Columns & Struts: Column under axial load, concept of instability and buckling, slenderness ratio,
derivation of Euler's formula for crippling load for columns of different ends, concept of equivalent
length, eccentric loading, Rankine formulae and other empirical relaions, Numerical problems.
Slope & Deflection : Relationship between bending moment, slope & deflection, moment area method,
method of integration, Macaulay’s method, calculations for slope and deflection of (i) cantilevers and (ii)
simply supported beams with or without overhang under concentrated load, Uniformly distributed loads
or combination of concentrated and uniformly distributed loads, Numerical problems.
Text Books:
1. Strength of Materials – R.K. Rajput, Dhanpat Rai & Sons.
2. Strength of Materials – Sadhu Singh, Khanna Publications.
3. Strength of Materials – R.K. Bansal, Laxmi Publications.
Reference Books:
1. Strength of Materials – Popov, PHI, New Delhi.
2. Strength of Materials – Robert l. Mott, Pearson, New Delhi
3. Strength of Material – Shaums Outline Series – McGraw Hill
4. Strength of Material – Rider – ELBS
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