Course

10607140 Strength of Materials for Civil Engineering
Course Information
Description
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. Related engineering analysis software is utilized throughout the course.
Total Credits
2
Course Competencies (Course Outcomes)
  1. Define different stress types of a material

  2. Discuss the analysis and design of structures and machines.

  3. Discuss the relationship between stress and strain.

  4. Apply Hooke’s Law and the modulus of elasticity.

  5. Discuss the concept of lateral strain and Poisson’s ratio

  6. Explain the difference between elastic and plastic behavior

  7. Define shearing stresses and strains in a shaft subject to torsion

  8. Analyze members subject to eccentric axial loading.

  9. Draw shear and bending-moment diagrams.

This Outline is under development.