Course Overview
This course presents a thorough introduction to the relationship between applied loads and the resulting stresses and deformations produced in common structural elements. Topics include concepts of stress and strain, mechanical behaviour and testing of construction materials, elementary design principles using allowable stresses and factors of safety, analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate axially loaded bars, thermal stresses, moments of inertia, bending and shear stresses in beams, shear flow, beam deflections, column buckling, combined stresses, stress transformations and Mohr's circle. A laboratory component is included in the delivery of this course.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
6.5
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Calculate the stresses, strains and deformations produced by axial and transverse loads acting on bars and beams. [1]
- Determine the position of the centroid and the moment of inertia of simple and built-up structural sections. [1]
- Design simple connections for axial, shear and bending stresses based on allowable stress limits. [1, 2]
- Design beams for bending and shear stresses based on allowable stress limits. [1, 2]
- Derive the equation of the elastic curve for flexural members by integration. [1]
- Determine deflections by using standard equations in conjunction with the principle of superposition. [1]
- Determine elastic buckling loads and failure modes for concentrically loaded columns with various support conditions. [1]
- Evaluate the state of stress in members subjected to combined axial load and bending. [1]
- Use plane stress transformations to determine the state of stress at an arbitrary point of a structure. [1]
- Determine the principal stresses and maximum shearing stress at a point and present the results on a Mohr’s circle. [1]
- Determine the shear stress and angle of twist of circular shafts subjected to torsion. [1]
- Perform laboratory tests to determine properties of structural materials, stresses in members, and buckling loads. [3]
Effective as of Fall 2018
Related Programs
Mechanics of Materials 1 (CIVL 2020) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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School of Construction and the Environment
- Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Full-time
- Civil Engineering
Diploma Full-time
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