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2005 Catalog Description:
Strength of Materials. 3 Hours. Relationships between the stresses and strains within a deformable body. Axially loaded members, torsion and the bending of bars. Stress transformation equations. Column theory. Prerequisites: CME 200 or 201, and Math 210.
Objectives:
This is a first course in strength of materials. It is designed to introduce students to the elastic deformations of extension, torsion and bending. Both statically determinate and statically indeterminate problems are considered. Students successfully completing this course are expected to be able to analyze a variety of mechanical and structural systems, and to have developed their analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Topics:
Introduction to tension, compression, and shear. Elasticity and design. (3 hours)
Axially loaded members. (4 hours)
Torsion. (5 hours)
Review of shear-force and bending-moment diagrams. (3 hours)
Stresses in beams. (6 hours)
Analysis of stress and strain. (5 hours)
Plane-stress applications. (3 hours)
Deflections of beams. (9 hours)
Columns. (3 hours)
Examinations (3 hour-exams plus 2-hour final)
Computer usage:
You are encouraged to use homework assignments as a means of furthering your computer expertise. Feel free to use any software to your liking, as well as the CD accompanying the textbook.
Academic honesty:
You are encouraged to work on the assignment problems with your fellow students. However, the assignment solution that you turn in for credit should reflect your own understanding learned from the group discussion. Do not copy directly from work of other students. Academic dishonesty is a severe breach to the student's code.

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