Course | Madison College Outline of Instruction

10606170Strength of Materials

Course Information

Description

This course is an analysis of the principles of strength of materials as they apply to various fasteners, welded joints, beams, and shafts through practical design and analysis problems. Topics covered include simple stresses, mechanical properties of materials, center of gravity, moment of inertia, shear force and bending diagrams and beam design.

Total Credits

Course Competencies

Explore a designers impact on designs

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of an "To Engineer is Human" group discussion project

by participating in class

Criteria

group discussion project includes thoughts on a designers impact on engineering designs

you enter into class discussions regarding design and engineering

you attend class regularly
Calculate simple stresses of design members

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding simple stresses

you attend class regularly
Calculate stress-strain relationships

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding stress-strain relationships

you attend class regularly
Apply factors of safety to design problems

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding factors of safety

you attend class regularly
Calculate material thermal properties

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding material thermal properties

you attend class regularly
Apply AISC codes for bolted connections

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding bolted connections

you attend class regularly
Apply AISC codes for welded joints

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding welded joints

you attend class regularly
Calculate allowable stresses on pressure vessels

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding pressure vessels

you attend class regularly
Determine center of gravity of a body

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding center of gravity

you attend class regularly
Calculate the centroid of composite shapes

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding centroids

you attend class regularly
Calculate the moment of inertia of composite shapes

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding moment of inertia

you attend class regularly
Calculate shear force diagrams

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding shear force diagrams

you attend class regularly
Calculate bending moment diagrams

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding bending moment diagrams

you attend class regularly
Calculate bending deflection

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding bending deflection

you attend class regularly
Calculate bending stress

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding bending stress

you attend class regularly
Select a standard structural shape for a given application

Assessment Strategies

in the completion of selected text design problem calculations

by participating in the class

Criteria

selected text design problems include correct calculations

selected text design problems are completed in accordance to the MDT program handbook guidelines

selected text design problems includes the problem statement

selected text design problems includes a freebody diagram

selected text design problem calculations are clear and follow mathematical logic

you enter into class discussion regarding bending stress

you attend class regularly