B.E.

Civil Engineering - FullTime

12C303 MECHANICS OF SOLIDS I

L T P C
3

UNIT I - STRESS AND STRAIN

1 0 4

(09)

Stress and Strain at a point Tension, Compression, Shear Stresses Hookes law Relationship among Elastic
constants Stress Strain Diagram for Mild Steel, TOR Steel, Concrete Ultimate Stress Yield Stress Factor of
Safety - Thermal Stresses Thin Cylinders - Strain Energy due to Axial Force Resilience Stresses due to Impact
and Suddenly Applied Load - Compound Bars.
UNIT II - SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAMS

(09)

Beams and Bending Types of loads, supports - Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams for Cantilever,
Simply Supported and Overhanging Beams with Concentrated, Uniformly Distributed and Uniformly Varying Loads
Relationship between Rate of Loading, Shear Force, Bending Moment Point of Contra Flexure.
UNIT III - SHEAR AND BENDING STRESSES

(09)

Theory of Simple Bending Analysis of Beams for Stresses - Stress Distribution at a Cross Section due to Bending
Moment and Shear Force for Cantilever, Simply Supported and Overhanging Beams with different loading conditions Flitched Beams Combined Direct and Bending Stresses Condition for No Tension in a section Strain Energy due
to Flexure, Transverse Shear Shear Stress Distribution
UNIT IV - TORSION

(09)

Torsion of Circular and Hollow Shafts Elastic Theory of Torsion - Stresses and Deflection in Circular Solid and Hollow
Shafts Stepped Composite Shafts - Combined Bending Moment and Torsion on Shafts Strain Energy due to Torsion
Modulus of Rupture - Power Transmitted to a Shaft Shafts in Series and Parallel - Closed and Open Coiled helical
Springs Leaf Springs Springs in Series and Parallel Design of Buffer Springs.
UNIT V - COMPLEX STRESSES

(09)

2 D State of Stress -2D Normal and Shear Stresses on any plane 2D Strain Principal Stresses and Principal Planes
Principal Strains and Direction - Graphical Method.
PLANE TRUSSES: Analysis of Plane Trusses Method of Joints Method of Sections.
LECTURE: 45 TUTORIAL: 15 TOTAL:60 hrs
Text Books
1. Sadhu Singh, Strength of Materials, Khanna publishers, New Delhi, 2000
2. Vaidyanathan.R, Perumal.P and Lingeswari.S, Mechanics of Solidsand StructuresVolume I, Scitech
Publications Pvt Ltd, Chennai, 2006.
3. Rajput.R.K, Strength of Materials, S. Chand & Co., New Delhi, 2007.

58