GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS/MM 210 E
Course Title: STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
Credits 4 ECTS 5
Semester 4 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof. Ezgi GUNAY, Lecturer Dr. Tunç APATAY
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/egunay, www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/tapatay
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  egunay@gazi.edu.tr, tapatay@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Understanding of stress and strain concepts for the elastic bodies.
Ability to calculate the stress state at a point under the combined loading effect for the mechanical design.
Ability to solve the statically undetermined problems.
Understanding the principle stress concepts and ability to apply the stress transformation.





 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  MM201 Statics
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  Mathematics, Physics, Materials Science
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  STRESS: equilibrium of a deformable body, average normal and shear stress, bearing stress.
2. Week  STRESS: allowable stress, factor of safety STRAIN: deformation
3. Week  STRAIN: normal and shear strain, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS: the tension test,Hooke’s law, Poisson’s ratio.
4. Week  AXIAL LOAD: elastic deformation of an axially loaded members, principle of superposition.
5. Week  AXIAL LOAD: statically indeterminate axially loaded member, thermal stress.
6. Week  TORSION: the torsion formula, power transmission,statically indeterminate torque-loaded members
7. Week  MIDTERM I
8. Week  BENDING: Shear and moment diagrams, the flexure formula.
9. Week  TRANSVERSE SHEAR: the shear formula, shear stresses in beams, shear flow in built-up members.
10. Week  COMBINED LOADING: state of stress caused by combined loading.
11. Week  STRESS TRANSFORMATION: plane stress transformation, general equations of plane stress transformation.
12. Week  MIDTERM II
13. Week  STRESS TRANSFORMATION: Mohr’s circle,
14. Week  STRESS TRANSFORMATION: Mohr’s circle,
15. Week  STRAIN TRANSFORMATION: plane strain, Mohr’s circle.
16. Week  Final
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1-Mechanics of Materials, R. C. Hibbeler, Prentice-Hall Inc., USA 2-Mechanics of Materials, F. P.Beer and E. R. Johnston, Mc-Graw Hill Comp., England
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture,Question & Answer, Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  none
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
2
50
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
6
10
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
60
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
4
56
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
9
1
9
 Searching in Internet and Library
9
2
18
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
2
10
20
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
6
2
12
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice.X
2Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situationsX
3Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.X
4Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologiesX
5Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusionsX
6Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issueX
7The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidenceX
8Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in Turkish Language and, at minimum, one foreign languageX
9Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technologyX
10Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics
11Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues
12Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity