THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

VNU-HCM

COURSE SYLLABUS
CE201IU

MECHANICS OF MATERIALS 1

CE201IU Mechanics of Materials 1

International University- VNU.HCM

1. Name of course: MECHANICS OF MATERIALS 1

2. Number of Credits: 2
3. Level: 2nd year student
4. Time allocation:
- Lecture: 2 hrs/ week
- Lab: none
- Homework, Assignment: 2 hrs/ week
5. Prerequisites: Calculus 2, Engineering Mechanics Statics.
6. Course Description:
Internal loading, axial force, shear, moment, and torque in structural members; stress,
strain, and stress-strain relations; mechanical properties of material; strain energy; torsion
of circular shafts; bending of singly symmetric beams.
7. Overall Educational Objectives/ Learning Outcomes:
-To develop an understanding of the relationship between loads applied to a deformable
body and the internal stress, strains and deformation.
-To develop analytical and problem solving skills.
-To show proficiency in the matematics and basic sciences riquired to solve structural
engineering and mechanics problem.
-To demonstrate the ability to organize, approach, and solve engineering problems that
are multi-step problems in which the solutions are not visible at the beginning of the
process.
8. Student responsibility
Student is expected that you will spend at least 4 hours per week studying this course.
This time should be made up of reading, working on exercises and problem, group
assignment and attending class lectures and tutorials. University regulations indicate that
if students attend less than 80% of scheduled classes they may be refused final
assessment. Regular attendance is essential for successful performance and learning in
this course, particular in view of the interactive teaching and learning approach adopted.
9. Course Assessment Policy:
- One midterm exam: 30%
- One comprehensive final exam: 50%
- In-class quizzes, class participation and learning attitude: 20%
10. Textbooks and Other Required Materials:
R.C. Hibbeler, Statics and Mechanics of Materials, SI edition, Prentice Hall, 2008.

CE201IU Mechanics of Materials 1

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James M Gere, Berry J Goodno, Mechanics of Materials, Seventh Edition, Cengage

Learning, 2009
.K. Quc, N. T. H. Lng, B. C. Thnh, L. H. Tun, T. T. Quc, Gio trnh Sc bn vt
liu, NXB i hc Quc gia TPHCM, 2011
11. Grade scale: 100
12. Course Outline:
Chapter 1. Introduction

1h

Chapter 2. Stress and Strain

2.1 Stress

8.2

2.2 Average normal stress in an axially loaded bar

4h

8.3

2.3 Average shear stress

8.4

2.4 Allowable stress

8.5

2.5 Design of simple connections

8.6

2.6 Deformation

8.7

2.7 Strain

8.8

Chapter 3. Mechanical Properties of Material

3.1 The tension and compression test

9.1

3.2 The stress-strain diagram

9.2

3.3 Stress-strain behaviour of ductile and brittle material

3h

9.3

3.4 Hookes law

9.4

3.5 Strain Energy

9.5

3.6 Poissons ratio

9.6

3.7 The shear stress-strain diagram

9.7

Chapter 4. Axial Load

4.1 Saint-Venants principle

10.1

4.2 Elastic deformation of an axially loaded member

4h

10.2

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4.3 Principle of superposition

10.3

4.4 Statically indeterminate axially loaded member

10.4

4.5 Thermal stress

10.5

Chapter 5. Torsion
5.1 Torsional deforation of cicular shaft

3h

11.1

5.2 The torsion formula

11.2

5.3 Angle of twist

11.4

5.4 Statically indeterminate torque-loaded member

11.5

5.5 Solid noncicular shaft

Midterm Examination

1h

Chapter 6. Bending
6.1 Bending deformation of a straight member

6h

12.1

6.2 The flexure formula

12.2

6.3 Unsymmetric bending

12.3

6.4 Composite beam

6.5 Concrete beam
Chapter 7. Transverse Shear
7.1 Shear in straight member

6h

13.1

7.2 The shear formular

13.2

7.3 Shear stress in beams

13.3

7.4 Shear flow in built-up member

13.4

Review

2h