Courses Detail Information
VM211 – Introduction to Solid Mechanics
Instructor: Yanfeng Shen
Instructors (Faculty):
Credits: 4 credits.
Pre-requisites: (Vp140 or Vp160) and (Vv156 or Vv186)
Description:
This course covers the classical topics of statics and mechanics of materials. Statics: Moment and force resultants, equilibrium. Mechanics of deformable bodies: stress/strain, classification of material behavior, generalized Hooke’s law. Engineering applications: axial loads, torsion of circular rods and tubes bending and shear stresses in beams, deflection of beams, combined stresses, stress and strain transformation.
Course Topics:
- Force Vectors
- Force System Resultants
- Equilibrium of a Rigid Body
- Structural Analysis (Trusses, Frames)
- Geometric Properties and Distributed Loadings
- Stress and Strain
- Mechanical Properties of Materials
- Axial Load
- Torsion
- Bending
- Transverse Shear
- Combined Loadings
- Stress and Strain Transformation
- Design of Beams (Equation of the elastic curve)
- Buckling of Columns