Academic Catalog

ME206 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

Course Code: 5690206
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. HALUK DARENDELÝLER
Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 5690205
The course set above should be completed before taking ME206 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS.

Course Content

Concepts: normal and shear stress, strain. Materials, factor of safety, stress concentration. Pressurized thin walled cylinders. Simple loading tension, torsion and bending. Deflections with simple loadings, superposition techniques. Statistically indeterminate members, thermal stresses. Combined stresses, Mohr`s circle, combined loadings. Buckling. Energy methods.