Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

College of Foundation and General Studies

MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
(Date of document: 3th August 2016)

Course Code : MEMD 224 Mechanics of Materials

Course Status : Core

Level : Diploma
Semester Taught : 3
Credit : 4
Pre-requisites : MEMD124; MEMD214
Assessments : Assignments 10 %
Quizzes 12 %
Tests 28 %
Final Exam 50%
Total 100 %

Lecturers : Pua Fei Ling @ Grace Pua, Dr.

Room BN-3-012, ext. 2262
E-mail: gracepua@uniten.edu.my

Siti Zubaidah Othman

Room BN-3-086, ext. 2255
Email: Zubaidah@uniten.edu.my

Course Description : This course provides the scientific basis for understanding of the
deformation of solids under different loading conditions such
as axial, shearing, torsional and bending. Basic concepts of
stress and strain as well as the various mechanics theories
associated with the different types of loading conditions will be
introduced. In addition, the stiffness aspects such as axial
deformation, degree of twist and deflection, of beams and
members under loading will also be analyzed.

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Course Objectives : At the end of the course the students should be able to:

1. Understand the fundamental mechanics of materials elastic

theories for determining the mechanical behavior of solids
such as strength, stiffness, deflection and stability, when
subjected to various types of loading which include axial,
bending, shear, torsion or any combination.
2. Analyze the structural and machine elements based on the
established mechanics of materials principles.

Course Outcomes (CO)

- what students to achieve and to be assessed upon completing this course

No. Upon completion of this course, the student should be:

CO1 Able to compute and explain the effects of static loading on mechanical structures or
components.

CO2 Able to define normal stress, strain, Poisson’s ratio, modulus of elasticity, proportional
limit, elastic limit, yield point, homogeneous and linearly elastic materials.

CO3 Able to calculate the deformations of members under axial loading.

CO4 Able to calculate the shearing stresses, angular deflection and strains on circular torsion
members subjected to twisting couples.

Able to determine the maximum tensile and compressive flexure stress in a given beam
CO5 and state where it occurs to solve engineering problems based on loading applied to the
beam.

Able to derive the shear and bending moment equations, and construct shear and
CO6 bending-moment diagram for beams loaded with concentrated and or uniformly
distributed loads.

Able to determine the maximum horizontal or vertical shearing stress in a given beam
CO7 and state where it occurs to solve engineering problems based on transverse loading
applied to the beam.

CO8 Able to solve the combine loading in a mechanical system.

Able to calculate the lateral deflections of long slender beams by the method of
CO9
integration.

CO10 Able to calculate buckling load/force.

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Course Outcomes:

Course
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11
Outcomes
CO1 x
CO2 x
CO3 x
CO4 x
CO5 x
CO6 x
CO7  x   
CO8 x      
CO9 x      
CO10 x      

Assessment-Course Outcomes Matrix:

PO1 PO1 PO2 PO2 PO2 PO2 PO2 PO2 PO2 PO2
Assessments CO1 CO2 CO3 CO4 CO5 CO6 CO7 CO8 CO9 CO10
Quizzes (12%)         
Assignments (10%)      
Test 1 (14%)    
Test 2 (14%)   
Final Exam (50%)         

PO emphasis:
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 Total
Current Coverage (%) 27.5 72.5 100

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Bloom's Coverage (%) :

Cognitive
Psychomotor Affective Total
Low Med Hi
Current Coverage (%) 27.5 72.5 0 0 100

Course Outline/Syllabus:

Topic 1: INTRODUCTION – CONCEPT OF STRESS

 Forces and stresses

 Axial loading: Normal stress
 Shearing stress
 Bearing stress in connections
 Application to the analysis of simple structures
 Ultimate and allowable stress: Factor of Safety

Topic2: STRESS AND STRAIN – AXIAL LOADING

 Normal strain under axial loading

 Stress-strain diagram
 Hooke’s law: Modulus of elasticity
 Elastic versus plastic behavior of material
 Repeated Loadings: Fatigue
 Deformations of members under axial loading
 Poisson’s ratio
 Shearing strains

Topic 3: TORSION

 Stresses in the elastic range

 Deformation in a circular shaft
 Angle of twist in the elastic range
 Stress concentrations in circular shafts

Topic 4: PURE BENDING

 Prismatic members in pure bending

 Stresses in pure bending
 Deformation of symmetric member in pure bending
 Bending of members made of several materials
 Stress concentrations
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Topic 5: ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BEAMS FOR BENDING

 Introduction
 Shear and bending moments diagrams
 Relations among load, shear and bending moment
 Determination of maximum bending moment

Topic 6: SHEARING STRESSES IN BEAMS AND THIN-WALLED MEMBERS

 Shear on the horizontal face of a beam element

 Determination of the shearing stresses in a beam
 Shearing stresses in common types of beams

Topic 7: TRANSFORMATION OF STRESS

 Transformation of plane stress

 Principal stresses and maximum shearing stress
 Mohr’s circle for plane stress

Topic 8: DEFLECTION OF BEAMS

 Introduction
 Deformation of beam under transverse loading
 Equation of the elastic curve
 Using Macaulay’s method to determine the slope and
deflection equation of a loaded beam
 Determination of maximum deflection

Topic 9: COLUMNS

 Introduction
 Euler’s Formula for Pin-Ended Columns
 Euler’s Formula for Columns With Other End
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Main Reference

F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, J. T. DeWolf & D.F. Mazurek, Mechanics of Materials, 7th Ed. (2015),
McGraw Hill,Inc.

Additional Reference(s)

1. R. C. Hibbeler , Mechanics of Materials, 8th Edition (2003), Prentice Hall International.

2. R. R. Craig , Mechanics of Materials, 2nd Edition (2000), John Wiley & Sons.
3. James Gere, Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition (2001), Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning
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