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  Course Description
Course Name : Strength Of Materials

Course Code : AEN204

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 2

Course Semester : Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) :

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Learns concepts of stress and strain
Learns about axial loading
Learns torsion and bending analysis
Learns shear force
Learns design criteria for safe operation.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : This course aims to introduce the basic terms and concepts of mechanics of materials and, for simple elementary structural elements, giving the basic analysis tools for elementary mechanics analysis.

Course Contents : Basic concepts of solid mechanics: Stress and strain. Definition of bars and beams and their analysis under axial loading, torsion and bending. Design criteria for safe operation.

Language of Instruction : English

Work Place : Classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Stress types. Factor of Safety Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
2 Deformation. Poisson´s Ratio and Hooke´s Law Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
3 Stress Concentration. Plastic Deformation Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
4 Torsion. Shaft Design Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
5 Moment of Inertia of Plane Sections Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
6 Pure Bending. Stress Concentration under Bending. Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
7 Unsymmetric Bending.. General Eccentric Loading Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
8 Shear (V) and Moment (M) Diagrams Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
9 Midterm Written exam
10 Design of Beams for Bending Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
11 Transverse Shear Stress in Beams Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
12 Stress Transformation and Mohr´s Circle. Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
13 Failure Criteria and Applications. Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
14 Pressure Vessels. Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
15 Engineering Applications Lecture notes Classroom Lecture
16/17 Final Exam Written exam


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Lecture notes
 Beer, Johnston and DeWolf, Mechanics of Materials, McGraw-Hill, 2006
 Hibbeler, Mechanics of Materials, Prentice Hall, 2008
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 5 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Utilizes computer systems and softwares 5
2 Generates solutions for the problems in other disciplines by using statistical techniques 5
3 Comprehends visual, database and web programming techniques and has the ability of writing objective program 1
4 Is equipped with a variety of skills and techniques in engineering. 4
5 Designs a system, component or process so as to meet various engineering needs within technical, economic, environmental, manufacturability, sustainability limitations. 2
6 Examines and learns applications in an enterprise independently, makes critical assesments of problems, formulates problems and selects suitable techniques for solutions. 5
7 Leads the identification, development and usage of a product or production method. 3
8 Is aware of the need for lifelong learning and self-renew 3
9 Has effective oral and written English for technical or non-technical use 5
10 Uses computers very effectively, makes computer-aided drafting, designs, analysis, and presentations. 1
11 Improves constantly itself , as well as professional development scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities identifying needs of learning. 3
12 Is aware of the technical and ethical responsibilities, has inquisitive and innovative quality 2
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 3 42
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 5 3 15
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 1 1
    Final Exam 1 1 1
Total Workload: 101
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.04
ECTS Credit: 4