SUBJECT: MT-314 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

CREDIT HOURS: 3-1

CONTACT HOURS: 6 hrs per week
INSTRUCTOR: Assistant Professor, Engr. Akhtar Khurshid,
akhtar.khurshid@mail.au.edu.pk
OFFICE HOURS: Mon Thu : 03:15 PM-04:15 PM
TEXT BOOK: Beer, Johnston & DeWolf, Mechanics of Materials.
REFERENCE BOOK: . P.P. Benham & R.J. Crawford, Mechanics of Engineering
Materials. F.V. Warnock, Mechanics of Solids & Strength of
Materials. F.L. Singer, Strength of Materials.
PREREQUISITE: MT-111, Engineering Statics
MODE OF TEACHING: Lectures/Demonstrations
COURSE OBJECTIVES: The main objective of a basic mechanics course should be to
develop in the engineering student the ability to analyze a given
problem in a simple and logical manner and to apply to its solution
a few fundamental and well-understood principles.
GRADING:
(a) Quizzes 10%
(b) Assignments 5 %
(c) Lab Work/ Project 20 %
(d) Mid Term 20 %
(e) Final 45 %

DETAILS OF SYLLABUS

Concepts of stress and strain
Stress strain relationship
Axial loading
Torsional loading
Biaxial stress
Mohrs circle
Pure bending
Shear force and bending moment diagram
Shear and flexural stress in bending
Beams under transverse loading
Transformation of stress and strain
Deflection of beams
Beam design and columns