Mechanics of Materials

Lecture 1. Introduction to Stress, Strain

and Industry

Adam Gregory Room TW212

(A.R.Gregory@lboro.ac.uk)
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Set Text
Mechanics of Materials. Beer, Johnston, Dewolf and
Mazurek 6th Edition.
ISBN 978-0-07-131439-8

Assessment:
Course work, Class Test, Final Exam

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Whats in the course?

The course is made up of a series of lectures, labs
and tutorials.
Attendance is compulsory.
Registers may be taken and if you are likely to be
absent on acceptable grounds then you should email
your lecturer BEFORE the lecture, explaining your
absence.

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What will I need?

Lectures and Tutorials...Paper, pencils, ruler,
calculator and a clear head!
Labs... Lab coats, safety boots, Vernier gauge and
the equipment detailed above.
Lecturing Staff
Adam Gregory TW212 A.R.Gregory@lboro.ac.uk
Emrah Demirci TW127 E.Demirci@lboro.ac.uk

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Timetable
Labs are conducted on Monday afternoons in 2 hr sessions.
You will attend a session and perform 4 experiments before
returning some weeks later to perform another 4 experiments.
See your own timetable for which weeks you have labs.
Lectures 11-11:50 Mondays, 4-4:50 Tuesdays
Tutorials 2-2:50 Tuesdays (starting wk2)
No lectures or tutorials wk5

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Coursework
Set at the end of Mondays lecture. Must be completed and
handed in at reception on the following Monday before 9 a.m.
Your work will be logged by the reception staff. Only hand
written submissions received before 9 a.m. will be accepted.
Module marks will be deducted from those students failing to
submit.
A review of the submitted questions will take place at the
beginning of the Monday lecture. This is your feedback.

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Any Questions?

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 Welcome to the Mechanics of Materials

course or why stuff breaks.
Forces are inherent in nature, wind, wave,
sun, earthquakes etc.
We also generate forces in our usage.
The forces are distributed and transmitted
through solids, liquids and gases
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 Solids
Liquids
Gases
In our course we will be considering solid
materials. The distribution of forces within
these materials which is known as stress.
Stress = Force / Area
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 The deformation of the material due to the

stress is called the strain
Strain=Change in length / original length
What happens when the forces are too great
for the material to which they are applied?

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This means that we need to know what the

design forces will be
Design codes
Test Data
Approximation

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and we will need to know how the forces are

distributed in the material..
Classic analysis
Finite Elements
Strain Gauging

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and we will need to know how our material

will behave under the loading..
Pull tests
Fatigue Tests
Hardness

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because if we dont it can all go badly

wrong!!!

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Summary:
You must know what forces are present
You must know how they will be applied and
distributed
You must know how your material will behave

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The ideal situation is when the design performs

satisfactorily for its design life and can then
be removed from service.

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 Important characteristics of an engineer are the

desire to have answers, achieve understanding and
above all, a desire to make things work.
You need to have The Knack
In your careers you will also have responsibilities
Much of what you learn will be through investigating
failures.

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But never forget that as engineers in industry

we are professionals.

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Be Good
No
Be Excellent

THE END
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