STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

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1. Simple Stresses & Strains
a) General, Stresses & its types, Strain, Hooke’s Law, Deformation of Tapering Members & Deformation due to Self Weight
b) Analysis of Composite Members, Shear Stress & Strain, Volumetric Stress & Strain and Solved Questions
c) Temperature Stress & Strain, Poisson Ratio, Volumetric Strain for Uniaxial & Triaxial Loading
d) Relations between E&G, E&K, E, G&K and Solved Questions
e) Tensile test on Mild & TOR Steel, Rockwell Hardness Test & Brinell Hardness Test
f) Flexure Test & Shear Test of Material under UTM, Torsion Test, Impact Test & Fatigue Test on Materials
2. Shear Forces & Bending Moments
a) General, Classification of Supports, Loads & Beams, Shear Force & Bending Moment Concept, Axial Force, Shear Force & Bending Moment Diagram
b) Relation between Load Intensity, Shear Force & Bending Moment, SFD & BMD for Standard Loading cases and Solved Questions
3. Bending Stresses
a) General, Simple Bending – Concept, Bending Equation, Moment of Resistance, Bending Stress Diagram & Solved Questions
b) Force & Moment of Resistance Relationship, Flitched Beam – Concept & Beams of Uniform Strength
4. Shear Stresses
a) General, Shear Stresses – Concept, Expression, Assumptions & Limitations, Shear Stress Distribution for Standard Sections
b) Shear Connector & Solved Questions
5. Slope & Deflection of Beams
a) General, Differential Equation of an Elastic Curve, Double Integration Method and Solved Questions
b) Slope & Deflection for Some Standard Loading’s, Principle of Superposition, Macaulay’s Method and Solved Questions
6. Direct & Bending Stresses
a) Combined Direct & Bending Stress – Concept, Eccentricity w.r.t x-x, y-y & both axes, Core of Section
7. Columns
a) Columns & Struts – Concept, Classification, End Condition of Columns, Critical Loading of Columns, Euler’s Theory for Long Columns & Length of Columns
b) Euler’s General Relation for Crippling Load, Slenderness Ratio, Limitation of Euler’s Theory, Rankine’s Formula & Solved Questions
8. Torsion
a) Torsion – Concept, Torsion Equation & its Assumptions, Strength of Shaft & Torsional Rigidity, Shaft in Series, Shafts in Parallel and Composite Shafts
b) Keys & Coupling, Combined Bending & Torsion, Equivalent Bending Moment & Torque, Torsion Test & Solved Questions
9. Principal Stresses & Strains
a) General, Stress on a Oblique Plan due to – Pure Direct Stress in 1 Direction, Pure Direct Stress in 2 Directions, Pure Shear Stress and General Two Directional Stress System.
b) Principal Planes & Stresses, Mohr’s Circle Method, Principal Planes, Principal Stresses & Maximum Shear Stress, Normal & Shear Stress on any Oblique Plane and Solved Questions
10. Thin Shells & Thick Shells
a) General – Thin Shell, Thin Cylindrical Shell – Hoop Stress, Longitudinal Stress, Maximum Shear Stress & Volumetric Strain,
b) Thin Spherical Shell – Concept & Volumetric Strain and Riveted Shells and Solved Questions
c) General – Thick Shell, Lame’s Theory and its Assumptions, Maximum Shear Stress & Volumetric Strain of Inside Volume.
11. Strain Energy
a) General, Strain Energy in Axial Loading , Strain Energy due to Bending under Gradually Applied Transverse Load & Impact Load
b) Strain Energy Stored due to Torsion & Solved Questions
12. Springs
a) General, Closed Coil Spring – Relation for Shear Stress, Deflection in Springs, Strain Energy & Stiffness of Springs, Leaf Springs – Concept & Relation for Proof Load & Solved Questions