Syllabus

LIM3042 Solid Mechanics I

Autumn 2021
Credits and contact hours
6 Credits / 2 hours per week.
Lecture:
Monday 16:00-17:15 hrs
Wednesday 16:00-17:15 hrs
Tutoring hours: Monday 8:00-9:00 (Request a meeting by email).

Instructor’s name and contact details

PhD Melvyn Alvarez Vera
Office:
Extension:
Email: melvyn.alvarez@udlap.mx

Text book
1. Beer, F. P. (2012). Mechanics of materials (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill.
2. Hibbeler, R. C. (Rusell C.). (2011). Mechanics of materials (8th ed.). Prentice Hall.
3. Singer, F. L. (1968). Strength of materials (2d ed.). [s.n.].

Other supplemental materials

Power Point Presentations.
ASTM Standard.
Articles.
Videos.

Course Description
By the end of the course, students will be able to determine stresses, strains, and displacements in simple solid
structures subjected to various types of loading, which is critical for the design and analysis of mechanical and
structural systems in all engineering areas.

Prerequisites Co-requisites
Statics (LIM2011)

Goals
- The student will be able to explain the influence of stress and strain on mechanical design
- The student will be able to determine static deformation in mechanical design
- The student will be able to determine the principal stress in mechanical design

Criterion 2 Student Outcomes addressed by the course:

Introduce a
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with
consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and
economic factors.
 Table of Contents
1. Stress and Strain Basics: 5. Torsion:
a. Mechanic Elements a. Torsion in circular sections
b. Shear Stress diagram b. Torsion in rectangular sections
c. Bending moment diagram c. Torsion in thin-walled sections
d. Normal Force Diagram d. Power transmission

2. Axially Loaded Members: 6. Combined Stresses

a. Normal and shear stress
b. Linear and transverse deformation
c. Axial stress and strain
d. Relationship between E and G
3. Bending stresses in Beams:
a. Pure flexion
b. Hypothesis
c. General flexion equation
d. Flexural design of beams
4. Shear Stresses in Beams
a. Shear stress in beams
b. Shear flow
c. Stress calculus
d. Shear design of beams
a. Superposition principle
b. Superposition of normal stresses
c. Superposition of shear stresses
7. Principal stresses
a. Line stresses
b. Plane stresses
c. Mohr’s circle
d. Plane deformation state
8. Buckling and stability of columns:
a. Types of columns
b. Critic load in columns
c. Axially loaded columns design
d. Eccentric load

Grading Scheme
Unit 01: 100 points Unit 05: 100 points
Unit 02: 100 points Unit 06: 100 points
Unit 03: 100 points Unit 07: 100 points
Unit 04: 100 points Unit 08: 100 points