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Description
Elementary Elasticity:
1.1. Stress: Stress at a point, Stress equation of equilibrium, Laws of
Stress transformation, Principal and Maximum shear stress, 2-D
state of stress
1.2. Strain: Strain Equation of Transformation, Principal Strain,
Compatibility
1.3. Stress Strain Relations: Strain Transformation Equation, StressStrain Relation for 2-D state of Stress
Basic Equations and Plane Elasticity Theory:
2.1. Field Equations, Plane Elastic Problem, Plane stress and Plane
Strain approach
2.2. Airys Stress Function, Forms of Airys Stress Function in Cartesian
and Polar Coordinates, 2-D problems Cartesian and Polar
Coordinates
Strain Measurement Methods:
3.1. Strain Measurement: Strain and Experimental Determinations
Relations, Types of Strain Gauges, Properties of Strain Gauges, Grid
Method of Strain Analysis
3.2. Electrical Resistance Strain Gauge:
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Coating Methods:
6.1. Photelastic Coating, Coating Stress, Coating Materials, Stress
Strain Optic Relations for Coating, Coating Thickness and Bonding
6.2. Brittle Coatings, Commercial Types, Test Procedure, Analysis of
Brittle Coating Data
Application of Statistics
7.1. Statistical Distributions, Statistical Distribution Functions,
Confidence Intervals, Comparison of Mean,
7.2. Regression Analysis, Chi-square Test, Error Propogation
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Recommended Books:
1. Experimental Stress analysis- James Dally, William Riley, McGraw Hill.
2. Theory of Elasticity (Third Ed.) Timoshenko, Stephen P.; James Norman Goodier (1970).
McGraw-Hill International Editions.
3. Experimental Stress analysis - Sadhu Singh, Dhanpat Rai and Sons
4. Experimental Stress Analysis, L.S. Srinath, M.R. Raghavan, K. Lingaiah, G.
Gargesa, B. Pant, and K. Ramachandra Tata Mc Graw Hill, 1984.
5. Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics, W.N. Sharpe (Ed.),
Springer
6. Photoelastic Stress Analysis, Kuske A., G. Robertson, John Wiley &
Sons (1974)
Term work: Assignment based on above topics and seminars.
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Examination
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T-2
Final Examination
Module
Module 1 and 2
Module 3 and 4
Module 1 to 7