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2014-2015 Undergraduate Academic 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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