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2016-2017 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MT 205 - Strength of Materials

4 lecture hours 0 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
This subject is concerned with the behavior of materials and structures under load. Topics of study include simple stress and strain; torsion; shear and bending moment; corresponding stresses in beam, beam deflection, combined stresses, Mohr’s Circle; and column theory. (prereq: MT 200 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Determine stresses resulting from axial, bending, torsion, and transverse loading
  • Apply Hooke’s Law for materials with linear stress-strain behavior
  • Construct shear and bending moment diagrams for statically determinate structures
  • Determine the stress state in a member resulting from combinations of loads
  • Know how to find principal stresses for a state of plane stress
  • Determine beam deflections by superposition method
  • Be familiar with the Euler buckling load for columns of various end conditions

Prerequisites by Topic
  • Statics

Course Topics
  • Introduction (1 class)
  • Simple stress (3 classes)
  • Simple strain and statically indeterminate structures (4 classes)
  • Torsion (3 classes)
  • Shear and moment diagrams (5 classes)
  • Flexural and transverse shear stresses in beams (6 classes)
  • Deflection by the superposition method (2 classes)
  • Combined stresses (2 classes)
  • Mohr’s Circle (7 classes)
  • Columns (3 classes)
  • Review and tests (5 classes)

Coordinator
Lukie Christie



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