Entry requirements

30 credits in science/engineering. Participation in the courses Single Variable Calculus and Mechanics Basic Course.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Explain the one-dimensional as well as three-dimensional concepts of stress and strain to quantify the internal forces and deformation,
• Explain and apply one-dimensional as well as three-dimensional material models including elasticity, elastoplasticity and thermoelasticity,
• Interpret and draw symbolic representations of different one-dimensional structures under mechanical loading,
• Determine internal forces and deformations in bars, trusses, shafts, beams and thin-walled pressure vessels,
• Calculate relevant criteria in realistic dimensioning problems to avoid failure by plastic deformation and elastic instability.

Content

This basic course in Solid Mechanics aims to provide an introduction to analysis of stress and strain in solid materials under elastic deformation. Focus is on investigating a number of fundamental structural elements such as bars, shafts and beams under different loading conditions. Within the analysis, both one-dimensional and three-dimensional methods are employed. While plastic deformation is not being covered, realistic dimensioning problems in order to avoid it is included.

Instruction

Lectures, problem solving sessions, seminars, laboratory work.

Assessment

Written examination (4.5 credits). Laboratory work (0.5 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.