BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

KARAIKAL
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
COURSE PLAN-2014
Code / Subject: MET 32 MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
Year/Class: II/B.Tech Section B
Faculty Name: R.VIJAY RAJ

Semester: III

Objectives: To familiarize the student in the area of stresses in beam, shafts, springs
and cylinders
No. of
Unit
Details of lesson plan
Week Lecturer
No
Hours
Principal Stresses and Strain
1
Simple Stresses and Strain
1
Principal Stress and Principal Planes
1
Problems on Principal Stress and Principal Planes
3
Shear Force , Bending Moment
1
Problems on Shear Force , Bending Moment
1
I
Cantilever and Simply Supported beams Subjected to point
1
2,3
loads and uniformly distributed loads.
Problems on Cantilever and Simply Supported beams
4
Subjected to point loads and uniformly distributed loads.
Stresses due to Bending
1
Theory of Simple Bending
3
Stress variation in beam cross Section
1
Problems on Stress variation in beam cross Section
1
II
Normal and Shear Stress in beams
1
Problems on Normal and Shear Stress in beams
2
4,5
Beams of uniform strength for bending
1
Problems on Beams of uniform strength for bending
2
Combined direct and bending stresses
1
Problems on Combined direct and bending stresses
2
5
Deflection of beams
1
Double Integration Method
Problems on Double integration method
2
Moment area integration method
6
1
III
Problems on Moment area integration method
2
Introduction to strain energy method
1
Problems on Introduction to strain energy method
2
7,8
Principle of virtual work
1
Problems on Principle of virtual work
2
Torsion and Springs
8
1
IV
Torsion of circular solid and hollow shafts
Problems on Torsion of circular solid and hollow shafts
2
Shafts in series and parallel
1

IV

S.No
1.
2.
3.

Problems on Shafts in series and parallel

Combined bending and torsion
Problems on Combined bending and torsion
Application of torsion in helical springs
Problems on Application of torsion in helical springs
Open and closed coil springs, leaf springs and problems
Columns and Thick cylinders
Eulers Equation
Short and long column
Empirical formulae Johnson
Rankine
Introduction to thin cylinder
And problems
Thick cylinder and problems
Lames Equation
Compound cylinders and problems
Interference fit

10

11,12

12

2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1

ASSIGNMENTS
Problems on Principal Stresses and strain, beams
Problems on Torsion and Springs
Problems on Columns and Thick cylinders

Text Books:
- Strength of Materials,4 thEdition,
Laxmi Publications, New Delhi 2007
2. Bhavikatti S.S Strength of Materials
Vikas Publishing house (p) Ltd, New Delhi, Second Edition, 2002.
1. R.K.Bansal

Reference Books:
1. U.G.Jindal

- Strength of Materials, Galgotia Publication Pvt, Ltd,

New Delhi, 1996.
2. R.K.Rajput
- Strength of Materials, S.Chand and Company Ltd,
New Delhi, 2003.
3.. Beerf,Jonston,ER.Dewolfj - Mechanic of Materials, Mc Graw,
Hill Publications,2005

HOD /MECH

FACULTY