Syllabus

1. Three-Dimensional Linear Theory of Elasticity (04 Hours) Elasticity and internal-energy density.
Elasticity and complementary internal- energy density. A brief introduction to anisotropic elasticity.
Linear isotropic elasticity. Strain-displacement relations for linear elastic isotropic materials. Strain-stress
relations for linear elastic isotropic materials. Hookes law for linear elastic isotropic materials.
2. Two-Dimensional Linear Theory of Elasticity (02 Hours) Plane stress and plane strain problems. Airy
stress function. Applications to Problems in rectangular and polar coordinates.
3. Inelastic Material Behavior (04 Hours) Nonlinear material response. Yield criteria: maximum Principal
stress criterion, maximum principal strain criterion, strain-energy density criterion, maximum shearstress (Tresca) criterion, distortional energy density (von-Mises) criterion. General yielding: Elasticplastic bending, fully plastic moment.
4. Energy Method (04 Hours) Principle of Stationary Potential Energy. Castiglianos theorem on
deflections for linear load-deflection relations. Deflections of statically determinate structures: dummy
load method and unit dummy load method. Deflections of statically indeterminate structures.
5. Torsion of Prismatic Bars (04 Hours) Saint Venants semi-inverse method. Prandtls membrane
analogy. Torsion of narrow rectangular cross section. Torsion of sections comprised of thin rectangles.
Torsion of hollow thin-walled sections. Torsion of multi-compartment thin-walled sections. Torsion of
thin-walled sections with end restraints. Inelastic torsion.
6. Buckling of Columns (04 Hours) Critical load. Buckling of pin-ended columns. Columns with other
end conditions. Classification of columns: short, intermediate and long. Eccentrically loaded columns.
Design formulae.
7. Failure Modes (02 Hours) Fracture, fatigue, buckling, large deflections, plastic collapse
8. Finite Element Method for Numerical Analysis (06 Hours) Finite elements, element interpolation
functions, element strains, stress and strain energy density, element stiffness matrix, global stiffness
matrix, boundary loading