EGSC 260 - Strength of Materials

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): EGSC 210

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course introduces students to the behavior of solid objects subjected to stress and strain. Students will learn various methods of calculating stress and strain in structural members, such as beams and columns. Topics include mechanical and thermal stress and strain, axial loads, flexure, torsion, shear and moment diagrams, deflection of beams, indeterminate structures, Mohr’s Circle, and column action. Introduction to design concepts will be infused throughout the course.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Explain basic concepts of stress, strain, and their relationships based on linear elasticity.
Calculate stresses and deformation of a bar due to an axial loading under uniform and non-uniform conditions.
Calculate stresses for axial, torsion, beam bending, and combined loading.
Calculate normal and shear stresses on any cross-section of a beam.
Draw shear and bending moment diagrams and find the maximum shear/ moment and their locations.
Apply Mohr’s circle to calculate principal stresses and angles in plane stress cases.
Calculate deflections of a beam under combined loads using methods of moment-area and superposition.
Recognize stability and buckling phenomena for a slender member under an axial compressive force.