S.Y. B.

Tech-2016 Course
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS (CV201)
Course Credits: 5
Teaching Scheme
(Hrs per week)
Lecture Pract Tutorial
4

Nil

Evaluation Scheme
(Marks for Course)
Theory
PR
(Jury)
ISE
ESE
IA
40
50
10
50

Total
150

Course Objectives
1. Learner should be able to analyze axially loaded bars, beams, columns and shafts subjected to
torsion.
2. Learner should be able to identify most critical locations, planes and critical direct and shear
stresses for various loading scenarios on different types of structures.
Course Outcomes
Learners successfully completing the course will be able to
1. Enlist and explain different types of actions on a structural component.
2. Draw axial force diagrams for axially loaded members, shear force diagrams and bending
moment diagrams for statically determinate beams and twisting moment diagram for statically
determinate shafts.
3. Draw bending stress distribution diagram for beams using bending formula and shear stress
distribution diagram for beams.
4. Calculate shear stresses and strains at various locations for shaft subjected to twisting using
Torsion formula.
5. Calculate load corresponding to elastic instability for columns with various end conditions.
6. Calculate principal stresses and absolute maximum shear stresses at various locations of a
structural component using analytical method and Mohrs circle.
7. Select particular shape of cross section to economically carry calculated bending/shear stresses
under flexure/shear.
8. Create an algorithm of a computer program to find crippling load of a column with spring
supports.
9. Create an algorithm of a computer program to optimize dimensions of I-section to carry
prescribed bending moment and shear force.
Theory:
Unit 1: LINEAR ELASTICITY AND INTRODUCTION TO NONLINEARITY

(06hrs)

Deformation and strain, concept of the stress, constitutive matrix for isotropic matrix, strain energy
Programming: compute change in volume of a metal cube subjected to tri-axial loading

Unit 2: AXIALLY LOADED BARS AND TORTION OF SHAFTS

(08 hrs)

Axial force diagram, deformation of axially loaded bars, axially composite bars, composite bars
subjected to temperature change, twisting moment diagram, torsion formula, angle of twist, torsion
of prismatic shafts, shear stress distribution.
Unit 2: SHEAR FORCE DIAGRAM AND BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAM

(08 hrs)

Introduction, relations between shear force diagram and bending moment at a section, forward and
reverse problems.
Case studies: Observelocations of flexure and flexure-shear failures in the beams and correlate them
with shear force diagram and bending moment diagram.
Field studies: Shapes of beams in steel structures/ RCC structures, amount of steel and its
correlation with variation of bending moment
Unit 3: STRESSES IN BEAMS

(08 hrs)

Bending formula, bending stress distribution and shear stress distribution in a beam, economic
shape of cross section of beam to maximize moment of inertia.
Programming: compute bending and shear stresses at all locations in the prismatic or non-prismatic
beams with various support conditions and for complex loading pattern.
Reading:Reflections on following research paper,
Minamino R and Tateno M, 2014, Tree Branching: Leonardo da Vincis Rule versus Biomechanical
Models. PLoS ONE Volume 9, issue 4
Unit 5: COLUMNS

(06 hrs)

Stability of columns, Euler buckling of columns, Rankine's and Jhonson's interpretations of critical
load
on
column,
eccentric
load,
initially
imperfect
columns
Reading: Reflections on how high the trees can grow?
Karl J N, 2006, Maximum plant height and the biophysical factors that limit it, Tree Physiology, Vol.
27, pp 433-440

Unit 6: PRINCIPAL PLANES AND PRINCIPAL STRESSES

(12 hrs)

state of stress, state of pure shear, direct state of stress, analytical and graphical method of finding
principal planes and principal stresses, maximum in-plane shear stress ,absolute maximum shear
stressProgramming: finding out critical planes and maximum shear and normal stresses in beams
and shaft (under twisting) problems

Practical:
Practical No 1

(2 Hrs.)

Tension test on metals

Practical No 2

(2 Hrs.)

Shear tests on metals

Practical No 3

(2 Hrs.)

Four point monotonic and half cyclic bending test on timber/concrete beam/steel beam
Practical No 4

(2 Hrs.)

Shear center of channel sections

Practical No 5

(2 Hrs.)

Bending of connected beams

Practical No 6

(2 Hrs.)

Buckling tests on columns

Practical No 7

( 6 Hrs)

Desk experiments
Practical No 8

(6 Hrs.)

Design of experiment
Learners are expected to design the experiment that either demonstrates the principles studied in
the course or extracts meaningful information for designing the real life structures.

List of Text Books:

1. Beer F P, J. E. Russell Johnston; John T. DeWolf, and David F. Mazurek, Mechanics of
Materials, McGraw-Hill, 7th edition, 2014
2. Gere J. M. and Timoshenko S. P., Mechanics of Materials, 5th edition, Boston: PWS Kent
Publishing, 1970.
List of Reference Books:
1. Nash W. A., Strength of Materials, 3rd edition, Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw-Hill, 1994.
2. R.C.Hibbeler, Mechanics of materials, 8th edition, Prentice Hall, 2011
3. Egor P. Popov, Mechanics of Materials, 2nd Edition, Pearson
.