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Mechanics of Materials I: Fundamentals of Stress and Strain and Axial Loading 

Mechanics of Materials I: Fundamentals of Stress and Strain and Axial Loading
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Georgia Institute of Technology 
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Boost your career by mastering concepts to Stress and strain fundamentals, material properties

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Mechanics of Materials I: Fundamentals of Stress and Strain and Axial Loading
 at 
Georgia Institute of Technology 
Highlights

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  • Learn how the fundamentals of stress and strain is applied to Mechanics of Materials.
  • Develop stress-strain diagrams, discuss material properties, and look in depth at shear stress and strain.
  • Create stress transformation equations for inclined planes
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Mechanics of Materials I: Fundamentals of Stress and Strain and Axial Loading
 at 
Georgia Institute of Technology 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • For mechanical engineers looking for a refresher on basic concepts
What are the course deliverables?
  • Stress and strain fundamentals
  • Strain diagrams, material properties, and shear stress and strain
  • Stresses on inclined planes
  • Stress concentrations, Mohr?s Circle for Plane Strain, and measuring strains
  • Generalized Hooke?s Laws, factor of safety, nonlinear behavior and plasticity, statically indeterminate structures, and thermal effects
More about this course
  • This course expands on subjects covered in the Introduction to Engineering Mechanics and in Applications in Engineering Mechanics courses
  • Focus on axial loading and gain an understanding of what causes stress and strain on solid objects, which will help you problem solve and plan according to design-stable structures
  • Learn methods that are used to predict the response of engineering structures to various types of loading, and to analyze the vulnerability of these structures to various failure modes

Mechanics of Materials I: Fundamentals of Stress and Strain and Axial Loading
 at 
Georgia Institute of Technology 
Curriculum

Welcome

Course Introduction

Stress and Strain Fundamentals

General Analysis Approach

Internal Forces due to External Loads

Normal Stress/Shear Stress

Maximum Normal and Shear Stress on Inclined Planes for Uniaxial Loading

General State of Stress at a Point (3D)

Two-Dimensional (2D) or Plane Stress

Nominal (Engineering) Stress and True Stress

Normal Strain

Stress-Strain Diagrams, Material Properties, and Shear Stress and Strain

Tension Test and Stress-Strain Diagram10

Internal Properties and Hooke?s Law

0.2% Offset Yield Stress

Strain Hardening/Permanent Set

Poisson?s Ratio

Shear Stress/2D Pure Shear

Shear Strain

Stresses on Inclined Planes

Stresses on Inclined Planes ? Sign Convention

Transformation Equations for Plane Stress

Principal Stresses/Principal Planes

Principal Stresses/Principal Planes (cont.)

Maximum and Minimum In-Plane Principal Stresses

Maximum In-Plane Shear Stress

Introduction to Mohr?s Circle

Mohr?s Circle for Plane Stress

Determine Principal Stresses, Principal Planes, and Maximum Shear Stress using Mohr?s Circle

Stresses on any given plane using Mohr?s Circle

Principal Stresses and Principal Planes by solving Eigenvalue Problem

Stress concentrations, Mohr?s Circle for Plane Strain, and measuring strains

Stress Concentration Factors/Saint-Venant?s Principle

Determine Maximum Stress at Discontinuities using Stress Concentration Factors

Two-Dimensional (2D) or Plane Strain

Transformation Equations for Plane Strain

Transformation Equations for Plane Strain (cont.)

Mohr?s Circle for Plane Strain

Determine Principal Strains, Principal Planes, and Maximum Shear Strain using Mohr?s Circle

Strains on any given plane using Mohr?s Circle

Find Strains using Experimental Analysis Techniques

Find In-Plane Strains using Strain Gage Measurements

Find Principal Strains, Maximum Shear Strain, and Principal

Generalized Hooke?s Laws, Factor of Safety, Non-linear behavior and Plasticity, Statically Indeterminate Structures, and Thermal Effects

Generalized Hooke?s Laws for Isotropic Materials

Modulus of Elasticity, Modulus of Rigidity, and Poisson?s Ratio relationship for Isotropic Materials

Factor of Safety

Design to meet specified Factor of Safety

Idealized Elastoplastic Material Assumption

Solve a Statically Indeterminate Structure under Axial Loading

Temperature Effects on Engineering Materials

Solve an Engineering Problem with Thermal Effects

Course Conclusion

Mechanics of Materials I: Fundamentals of Stress and Strain and Axial Loading
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