ME 352 Mechanics of Materials

Study of the mechanical behavior of solid bodies (Rods, shafts, beams, etc.) under various types of loading. Mechanical and thermal stresses and strains; Stress-strain relations; Axial deformation; Statically indeterminate bars and rods; Shear and bending moments in beams; Stresses in beams; Torsion of shafts and thin walled tubes; Combined loadings; Analysis of plane stress and plane strain; Thin walled vessels