THE ASSAM KAZIRANGA UNIVERSITY

Koraikhowa, Jorhat, Assam

Semester- III

Name: Strength of Materials Code:ET1615 Credit:

Rationale: Strength of Materials focuses on the strength of materials and structural components
subjected to different types of force and thermal loadings, the limiting strength criteria of
structures, and the theory of strength of structures. It deals with the behaviour of objects
withstanding stresses and strains and also emphasizes actual operating conditions.

Catalog Description: This subject covers the introductory concept of stresses and strains, and the
strength of structures such as beams, columns and struts.

Pre-requisite: Knowledge of certain mathematical methods and problem solving aptitude.

Course Outline:

I. SIMPLE STRESS AND STRAIN:

1. Basic of stress & strain Generalized Hooke's law

2. Elastic constants and Relationship

II. GENERALIZED STRESS AND STRAIN:

1. Stresses and strains on oblique planes under uniaxial and biaxial loading.
2. Analysis of plane stress and plane strain
3. Mohr's circle of stress and strain.

III. BEAMS:

1. Shear force and Bending moments for different types of beams.

2. Simple bending theory.
3. Bending stress analysis for symmetrical and unsymmetrical sections.
4. Strain energy due to bending.
5. Shear stress distribution in massive and thin walled criss section.
6. Shear centre.
7. Strain energy due to shear.

IV. SLOPE AND DEFLECTION OF BEAMS:

1. Relationship between curvature,deflection and slope.

2. Method of Superposition.
3. Macaulay's method.
4. Moment-Area method.
5. Conjugate Beam method.

V. TORSION:

1. Torsional rigidity.
2. Torsion of circular bars.
3. Torsion in thin tubular section.
4. Strain energy due to Torsion.
VI. COLUMN AND STRUTS:

1. Elastic buckling concept.

2. Euler's theory for crippling load.
3. Empirical formulae for crippling load.

Text Books:

1. Strength Of Materials by S Ramamrutham

2. Strength Of Materials by Dr.R.K.Bansal (Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd)
3. Strength Of Materials by Debabrata Nag , Abhijit Chanda (Wiley-India)
4. Strength Of Materials by R.Subramaniam (Oxford University Press)
5. Strength Of Materials by Surendra Singh (Katson Book)

Reference Books:

1. Strength of material – Rider–ELBS

2. Introduction to Solid Mechanics – I.H.Shames–PHI
3. Strength of Materials – R.K. Rajput – Dhanpat Rai & Sons
4. Strength of Materials – Dr. Sadhu Singh – Khanna publication.

Laboratory Session: (For CE only) Credit : 2

3 hours per week to grasp the concepts learnt in theory class.

List of experiments:

1) To study the Universal Testing Machine ( U.T.M.)

2) To determine Tensile test on a metal
3) To determine Hardness of Mild steel
4) Torsion test on mild steel rod
5) To determine Impact strength of steel (By Izod test)
6) To determine Impact strength of steel (By Charpy test)
7) To determine Youngs modulus of Elasticity of different materials of beam simply
supported at both ends
8) To determine Shear test on metals
9) To determine the Stiffness of a spring and Modulus of Rigidity of the Spring wire
10) To study various types of Strain Gauges.
11) To determine Compressive strength of Brick
12) Fatigue strength of materials and to draw S-N diagram

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