GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS/İMM-226

Course Title:	STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
Credits	3	ECTS	4
Course Semester	4	Type of The Course	Compulsory

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

Stress concept: Internal and external load, internal load and stress components, normal stress and shear stress, safety stress and safety coefficient. Mechanical properties of materials: Deformation and strain, tensile test, torsion test, stress-strain diagram, Hook's law, strain energy, Poisson's ratio. Axial loading: Saint-Venant principle, tensile and compression stress, deformation of axially loaded element, statically indeterminate axially loaded element. Torsion: Torsion, torsion of circular shafts, torsion deformation and torsion angle, power transmission, torsion of non-circular shafts. Bending: Inertia moment, bending of beams, relations between load, shear force and bending moment, force and moment diagrams. Deviation of beams: Elastic curve, slope and displacement by integration, use of discontinuity functions, use of superposition method, statically indeterminate beams and shafts. Buckling: Critical load, Euler-Johnson and secant formulas, critical stress. Lateral sliding: Shear formula, shear stress in beams and shafts. Theories of compound stress and damage: Pressure vessels, stress state caused by compound loads, plane stress transformation and Mohr's circle, damage criteria, beam and shaft design. Energy methods: Work and strain energy, conservation of energy, the principle of virtual work, Castigliano's theorem and its applications

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Türkçe

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Gaining the ability to determine internal loads and to examine the effects of them.
Gaining the ability to solve statically indeterminate problems.
Gaining the ability to apply basic concepts related to the strength of materials to applied loads.
Gaining the ability to apply and analyze sizing principles within the general design rules.
Gaining the ability to apply basic principles and relationships for the formation and calculation of stresses at a point under the combined loading.
Gaining the ability to understand the concepts of principal stress, apply stress transformation, draw Mohr's circle, and perform failure analysis.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	CONCEPTS of STRESS (Internal and external loads, components of internal load and stress, normal and shear stress)
2. Week	CONCEPTS of STRESS (Allowable stress, factor of safety). MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (Deformation-strain, tension test, torsional test, stress-
3. Week	MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (Hook’s law, strain energy, Poisson’s ratio)
4. Week	AXIAL LOADING (Saint-Venant’s principle, tension and compressive stresses, elastic deformation of an axially loaded member)
5. Week	AXIAL LOADING (Elastic deformation of an axially loaded member, statically indeterminate axially loaded member).
6. Week	TORSION (Torsion, torsion of circular shafts, torsional deformation, and angle of twist)
7. Week	TORSION (Power transmission, torsion of noncircular shafts)
8. Week	MID-TERM EXAM, BENDING (Moment of inertia, bending of beams, relations between load, shear force, and bending moment, diagrams of shear force and bending moment)
9. Week	BENDING (Diagrams of shear force and bending moment). SLOPE and DEFLECTION of BEAMS (Elastic curve formula, the double integration method)
10. Week	BUCKLING of COLUMNS (Critical load, slenderness ratio, Euler’s and Johnson’s formula, secant formula, critical stress)
11. Week	TRANSVERSE STRESS (Shear formula, transverse stress in beams and shafts, shear stress)
12. Week	COMBINED LOADING and THEORIES of FAILURE (Pressure vessels, state of stress caused by combined loadings, plane stress and transformations, Mohr’s circ
13. Week	COMBINED LOADING and THEORIES of FAILURE (Theories of failure, design of beams and shafts)
14. Week	ENERGY METHODS (Work and strain energy, conservation of energy, principle of virtual work, Castigliano’s theorem and applications)
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	45
Assignment	3	15
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		60
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		40

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	15	3	45
Weekly Tutorial Hours	0	0	0
Reading Tasks	0	0	0
Searching in Internet and Library	15	1	15
Material Design and Implementation	15	1	15
Report Preparing	0	0	0
Preparing a Presentation	0	0	0
Presentation	0	0	0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	4	4
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	6	6
Other (should be emphasized)	15	1	15
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			100
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			4
Course Credit (ECTS):			4

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1	Uses textbooks, application tools and other resources with up-to-date information in engineering		X
2	Designs a machine, part or process to provide expected performance, manufacturing characteristics and economy		X
3	Design engineering systems, conduct experiments, analyze and comment on the results				X
4	Takes responsibility individually and as a team member to solve unpredictable complex problems encountered in engineering applications		X
5	Plans and manages activities for employee development in project work				X
6	Use databases and other sources of information in accessing information related to the field and conducting literature research				X
7	Becomes aware of lifelong learning, follows developments in science and technology and constantly self-renewal		X
8	Identifies, presents, formulates and solves manufacturing engineering problems using current computer software and engineering methods		X
9	Follows the information in the field in a foreign language				X
10	Knows the issues of quality, environment, occupational health and safety in project management and engineering applications					X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Assoc.Prof. Dr. Abdullah KURT)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(http://w3.gazi.edu.tr/~akurt/)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(akurt@gazi.edu.tr)

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