Arba Minch University

Institute of Technology (AMiT)

Faculty of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering
Strength of Materials Course Outline
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Course title: Strength of Materials Academic Year: 2022/23
Course Code: CEng-2091 Semester: II
Pre-requisite: Engineering Mechanics (CEng-2032) ECTS (Credit): 5 (3)
Instructor: Samuel J. Target Group: G2HWRE
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Contact Hours Lecture Tutorial Lab/Practical Home Study Total

per week 2 3 0 3 8
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Course Description:
This course is designed to enable students:
 To develop and apply various analytical methods for determining the mechanical
behavior of solid bodies (for example: stress, strain, strength, stiffness, deflection,
and stability) subjected to various types of loading which include: axial loading,
bending, shear, torsion, or a combination.
 To develop and apply deflection methods for structures.

Course Objectives:
After completing this course students will be able to:
 Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering dealing with
mechanics of materials under axial loading.
 Know the meaning of torsion and the computation of the corresponding stress &
strain on shafts.
 Know the different types of lateral actions on beams and computation of reactions
at supports.
 Able to draw shear force & bending moment diagrams.
 Understand the course and analyze the effect of the external actions on structural
members.
 Know the methods of deflection for structural members.
 Deal with and solve structurally indeterminate problems.

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Course contents Page No.
Chapter One ………………………….…………………………………………1
1. Strength of materials …………….….…..……………………………………1
1.1 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….…1
1.2 Types of Engineering materials……...………………..………………………….………….2
1.3 Properties of Engineering materials…………………..………………………….…………..2
1.4 Mechanical properties of Engineering materials…………………………………………..…3
1.5 Analysis of stress and strain…………………………….…….………...………………….…8
1.5.1 Concept of stress………………………………………..……..…….………………….…8
1.5.2 Types of stresses…………………………………………….………………………….…9
1.5.3 General State of stress at a point…………………………………….….…...………….…9
1.5.4 Concept of strain ……………………………………………………………………….…9
1.5.5 Types of strain ……………………………………...……….………………………….…9
1.6 Stress-Strain Relations…………………………………………….………………….………13
1.7 Hooke’s Law and Basic Elastic Theory…………………………………….………………...17
1.8 Poisson’s Ratio, Volumetric Strain and Thermal strain…………………………………..….18
1.9 Safety factors ………………………………………………...…...…..……...…………..….18
1.10 Exercises on Stress and Strain …………………………………………..…..………..….18

Chapter Two ……………………...…………………………..…….……………35

2. Flexural and Shearing stresses ………………………………….……………35
2.1 Objective………………………………………………………………….….………………35
2.2 Introduction……………………………………………………………….….………………35
2.2.1 Types of Supports and Loads acting on structure……………….…….….....…………...35
2.2.2 Types of Beams……………………………………………………….….....….………...38
2.3 Shear Forces and Bending Moments…………………………………….…….….…….……38
2.4 Loads, Shear Forces and Bending Moment Relationship…………………..….…………….39
2.5 Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams…………………………....…...….………..…41
2.6 Stresses in beams……………………………………………………………....………….....50
2.6.1 Pure and Non-uniform Bending…………………………………………............………50
2.6.2 Curvature of a Beam………………………………………………....….….……………51
2.6.3 Longitudinal Strains in Beams…………………………………………….………….....52

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2.6.4 Normal and Shear Stresses in Beams…………………………………………………....53
2.7 Composite Beams…………………………………………………….….………….………60
2.8 Exercises on shear force, bending moment and Stresses in beams…………………………68

Chapter Three ……………………………………………………….………….66

3. Torsion of circular shafts & power transmission ………………………….66
3.1 Objective ………………………………………………………….…….….………………66
3.2 Introduction ……………………………………………………………….......……....……66
3.3 Torsion of circular shafts …………………………………………………..…….…………67
3.4 Torsion of circular tubes …………………………………………………..……..…………73
3.5 Non- Uniform Torsion ……………………………………………………...….……...……74
3.6 Transformation of power by circular shafts ………………………………...………………76
3.7 Exercises on Torsion …………………………………………………………..……………78

Chapter 4. Compound stresses ………………….…………………………….78

4. Compound stresses …………………………………….…………………….78
4.1 Introduction ……………………………………………………….…….….………………78
4.2 Combined Stresses
4.3 Plane Stress
4.4 Principal Stresses Mohr’s circle
4.5 Exercises on Combined Stresses

Chapter 5. Deflection in beams

5.1 Introduction
5.2 Direct integration Method
5.3 Moment-Area
5.4 Conjugate Beam
5.5 Virtual Work Method
5.6 Betti’s Law and Maxwell’s Law of Reciprocal Deflections
5.7 Castiglianos Theorem
5.8 Exercises on Deflection in beams

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Chapter 6. Buckling of compression members
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Buckling and Stability
6.3 Euler formulas for various boundary conditions
6.4 Exercises on Buckling of compression members

Chapter 7. Analysis of statically indeterminate structures

7.1 Introduction
7.2 Method of Consistent deformation and least work
7.3 Slope Deflection Methods
7.4 Cross-Moment distribution Methods
7.5 Kani‟s Moment Distribution Method
7.6 Influence lines for determinate and indeterminate structures
7.7 Matrix methods of structural analysis
7.8 Exercises on Analysis of statically indeterminate structures

Assessment / Evaluation:

Evaluation Description Weight/100 Date

Attendance 5% Regularly

Quizzes 5%

All Assignments 10%

Test 10%

Mid Exam 20% Tahsas

Final Exam 50% (Yekatit – to -)

References
1. F.P. Beer, E.R. Johnson, J.T. DeWolf and D.F. Mazurek. (2014) Mechanics of Materials, 7 th Edition,
McGraw-Hill.
2. Meriam, J.L. and Kraig, L.J. Engineering Mechanics (Statics), 6th Edition, Wiley & Sons, 2006.

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3. E.P. Popov, (1998), Engineering Mechanics of Solids, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall.
4. Morrov, H.I. & Kokernak, R.P. (2006), Statics and Strength of Materials, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall.
5. An aid to Solve Problems in Strength of Materials Ermolyen Y. Moscow, 1974
6. Timoshenko, Mechanics of materials, 3rd edition, PWS-KKNT publishing company.
7. Temoshenko, S., (1945), Theory of structures, McGraw-Hill Company, New York
8. AMU – AmiT Digital Library Resources (additionally you can referee)
 http://ds.amu.edu.et/
 http://ils.amu.edu.et/

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