AOCE Offering:

EM 4213/6213 Advanced Mechanics of Materials

CATALOG DESCRIPTION

EM 4213/6213. Advanced Mechanics of Materials. (3) (Prerequisite: EM 3213). Three

hours lecture. Stress, strain, stress-strain relationships, strain energy, failure theories,
curved beams, unsymmetrical bending, shear center, torsion of noncircular sections,
energy principles, Castigliano's theorem, inelastic behavior.

JUSTIFICATION FOR AOCE OFFERING

Distance education provides students who are not able to come to the main MSU campus
the opportunity to take a course for either professional development or as credit toward
the Master of Engineering degree. It also provides individuals the flexibility to take a
course at a time that best meets their personal schedule. This course will be offered on a
regular basis, and available to our distance-education students in most Engineering
disciplines or concentrations.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this course students should:

1. Be able to apply mechanics of materials techniques to bars, beams, and built-

up structures for the calculations of internal forces and total strain energy of
the system;
2. Understand the relationships between external and internal loads and the
calculation of structural deflection;
3. Be able to properly explain the analysis procedure, interpret the results of
structural analysis, and suggest design improvements or alternative design
concepts.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE (CAMPUS 1)

Approx. Number of TTh classes

1. Overview of Mechanics 1
2. Review of Mechanics of Materials 1
3. Foundation
a. Theory of Stress and Strain 2
b. Theory of Elasticity 2
c. Inelastic Materials and Theory of Yields 2
d. Energy Methods 2
4. Test 1 1
 5. Classical Topics
a. Torsion 3
b. Beam 3
c. Cylinder and Columns 2
6. Test 2 1
7. Special Topics
a. Plate 2
b. Stress Concentration 2
c. Fracture Mechanics 1
d. Fatigue 1
e. Contact Stress 1
f. Creep 1
8. Final Examination 2

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE (CAMPUS 5)

Identical to the one for Campus 1.

METHOD OF EVALUTATION

Homework will consist primarily of problem sets. All homework will be collected and graded.
The final examination will be comprehensive.

Homework: problems, research reports 30%

Test 1 20%
Test 2 20%
Final exam 30%

Graduate students in this course will be required to complete an Essay and a Term paper, which
will count for a maximum of 25% of the overall homework grade. The completion of the Essay
and Term paper will be optional for undergraduate students.

Grading will be on a hundred-point scale: 90-100 A, 80-89 B, 70-79 C, 60-69 D, below

60 F. Each distance student must have a proctor (approved by the home department of the
Instructor of Record), who will administer the exams.

METHOD OF INSTRUCTION

Code C: Lecture

METHOD OF DELIVERY

Web-based: assignments, lecture notes, handouts, and student feedback will be handled
by myCourses. Lectures will be recorded using video-capturing software. Campus-5
students will have the opportunity of viewing campus-1 lectures live (synchronously),
when corresponding campus-1 sections of this course are scheduled.

DELIVERY STATEMENT

This distance education course will not violate the Provost’s policies on Campus 5
offerings.

CONTACT PERSON

Dr. Kiran N. Solanki

Assistant Research professor
Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
kns3@cavs.msstate.edu
Office - (662)325-5454
200 Research Blvd
Starkville Ms 39759