Civil Engineering

532. Advanced Strength of Materials. Stresses in two and three dimensions; symmetrical and unsymmetrical bending; shear center; curved beams; beams on elastic foundation; thin plates and shells; torsion of non-circular sections; thick-walled cylinders. Three lectures.  Spring  (Cr.3) 

Prerequisite: ENGS 230.

Corequisite: CIVL 309.

 

Course Goals:

  1. Calculate stresses and deformations in more complex members and structures.

Course Outcomes:

The student will be able to:

  • Locate principal axes of areas; calculate principal moments of inertia.

  • Analyze piers subjected to unsymmetrical bending.

  • Analyze beams subjected to unsymmetrical bending; locate shear center; calculate stresses and deflections.

  • Calculate circumferential, radial and transverse bending stresses and deflections in curved beams.

  • Calculate stresses and deflections for long and short beams on continuous and separate elastic supports.

  • Calculate stresses and deflections in thin plates.

  • Calculate stresses and deformations in non-circular members subjected to torsion.       

  • Calculate stresses and deformations in thick-walled cylinders.

  • Calculate stresses in thin shells of revolution.

Course Syllabus

Textbook:  Boresi, Schmidt and Sidebottom; "Advanced Mechanics of Materials," Wiley; fifth edition; ISBN 0-471-55157-0

Reference: Timoshenko, "Strength of Materials, Part II";  D. Van Nostrand, 1941.

Topics:

  1. Inertia properties of areas.  3 lectures

  2. Compression and unsymmetrical bending in piers.  3 lectures

  3. Unsymmetrical bending in beams.  9 lectures

  4. Curved beams.  9 lectures

  5. Beams on elastic foundations.  3 lectures

  6. Thin plates.  3 lectures

  7. Torsion of non-circular sections.  3 lectures

  8. Thick-walled cylinders.  3 lectures

  9. Thin shells.  3 lectures

  10. Testing (Mid-Term and Final).  6 lectures

Computer Usage:  None

ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:  Engineering Science: 3 credits (100%)

Prepared by:  Dr. William A. Brown, P.E.                 Date:  May 22, 2001