Faculty of Prepared by:

Civil Engineering Nursafarina Ahmad

ECS428
MECHANICS OF SOLID
TOPIC 1:
Strain, Hooke’s Law &
Axially loaded member

Reference:
Mechanics of Materials, 10th Edition, R.C. Hibbeler
Chapter 2, Chapter 3 and Chapter 4
Contents
o Simple strain

o Stress strain relationship

o Axial Loaded member

o Critical Buckling Stress

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 Outcomes

Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:

• CO1 - Compute the support, reactions and internal forces for simple
determinate and indeterminate structures by using first principles of
engineering sciences. (PO1)

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this topic, the students should be able to:

• Understand the concept of normal and shear strain (CO1-PO1)

• Apply the concept to determine the strains for various types of problems (CO1-
PO3)

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 Chapter 2: Strain
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be
able to;

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Deformation

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Normal Strain

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Direct Strain

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Direct Strain

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Shear Strain

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Example 1

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Example 2

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Solution

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Solution

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 Outcomes

Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:

• CO1 - Compute the support, reactions and internal forces for simple
determinate and indeterminate structures by using first principles of
engineering sciences. (PO1)

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this topic, the students should be able to:

• Understand how to measure the stress and strain through experiments(CO1-

PO1)
• Correlate the behavior of some engineering materials to the stress-strain
diagram (CO1-PO3)

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Tension and Compression
Test

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Tensile Test

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STRESS-STRAIN DIAGRAM

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STRESS-STRAIN DIAGRAM

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STRESS-STRAIN DIAGRAM

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STRESS-STRAIN DIAGRAM

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 Stress–Strain Behavior of
Ductile and Brittle Materials

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Hooke’s Law

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Hooke’s Law

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Strain Energy

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Strain Energy

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Example 1

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Example 2

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Solution

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Poisson’s Ratio

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Poisson’s Ratio

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Poisson’s Ratio

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Example 1

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Solution

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 Outcomes

Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:

• CO1 - Compute the support, reactions and internal forces for simple
determinate and indeterminate structures by using first principles of
engineering sciences. (PO1)

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this topic, the students should be able to:

• Determine the elastic deformation of axially loaded member(CO1-PO1)

• Apply the principle of superposition for total effect of different loading
cases(CO1-PO3)
• Deal with compatibility conditions (CO1-PO1)

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Elastic Deformation of an
Axially Loaded Member

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Elastic Deformation of an
Axially Loaded Member

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Example 1

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Solution

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Solution

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Solution

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Example 2

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Principle of Superposition

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Example 1

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Example 2

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Solution

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 DEFORMATION DUE TO
TEMPERATURE CHANGES

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 DEFORMATION DUE TO
TEMPERATURE CHANGES

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Thermal Stress

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Example 1

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