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Introduction
Course Description
UNIT NAME: CV 7102 Mechanics of Solid

LECTURER: Dr.Farnaz Batool

CONTACT HOURS: 3 hours per week

& LEARNING APPROACH:

CREDITS: 3 credits

PRE-REQUISITES: None

OBJECTIVE: To provide student with theory and application of the

fundamental and advanced principles of Solid Mechanics.
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Syllabus
INTRODUCTION
STRESS
 Introduction to Cartesian Tensors
 Transformation of Stress
 Mohr’s Circle for 3-D Stress Transformation

STRAIN
 Mohr’s Circle for 3-D Strain
 Finite and Infinitesimal Strain Tensors

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS
 Anisotropic Material
 Composite Laminates
 Two Dimensional Theories of Yield
 Airy's stress function in plane elasticity
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Syllabus
Elasticity
• Airy's stress function in plane elasticity.
• Generalized Fourier series
• Solution to bi-harmonic equation
• Elasticity in polar coordinates.
• Numerical methods in elasticity.
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Textbook and Assessment
REQUIRED TEXT:
 Hibbeler, R.C. ‘Mechanics of Materials’
SI 7th Edition,Prentice Hall, 2008.
 Engineering Mechanics of Solids, Egor
 P. Popov
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Textbook and Assessment
• RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
Beer and Johnson Jr. ‘ Mechanics of Materials’, 4th
ed. in SI units. McGraw-Hill, 2006.
Raymond Parnes., ‘Solid Mechanics in Engineering’
John Willey and Sons, 2001.
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Textbook and Assessment
ASSESSMENT

Attendance + Class Participation 10%

Tutorial, Assignments & Quizzes 10%
Mid-semester test. (Date to be announced in lecture) 30%
Final examination. 50%

The University’s policy on Plagiarism applies to all

assessable components of this unit.