Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

Mechanical Engineering Department

EVEN SEMESTER 2016-2017
Course Handout
Date: 05/01/2017
Course No.
Course Name
Course Coordinator

: MET226
: Solids Mechanics
: Dr Dinesh Kumar

1. Course Description:
This course is concerned with the mechanics of rigid and deformable solids in a state of
equilibrium. The fundamental principles of rigid body statics (forces, moments, equilibrium) are
first reviewed. These principles will then be applied to deformable solid bodies. The concepts to
be covered includes: Fundamental principles of mechanics; Introduction to the mechanics of
deformable bodies; Forces and Moments transmitted by slender members; Stress- Strain; StressStrain Temperature relations; Torsion; stresses and deflections due to bending; Stability of
equilibrium; Failure Criteria applied to Brittle and Ductile materials.
2. Course Outcomes:
At the end of this course the student should be able to:
1. To understand the theory of elasticity including strain/displacement and Hookes law
relationships.
2. To solve torsion problems in bars and thin walled members.
3. To solve for stresses and deflections of beams under various loading
4. To locate the shear center of thin wall beams.
5. To obtain stresses and deflections of beams.
6. To obtain solutions to column buckling and plate problems.
7. To apply various failure criteria for general stress states at points.
All these would be achieved both conceptually and through solved examples.
3. Text Book:
1. S. H. Crandall et al., An Introduction to Mechanics of Solids, McGraw-Hill International
editions., 1978.
4. Reference Books:
1. Introduction to Solid Mechanics by I. H. Shames, 2nd Edition, 1980, Prentice Hall of
India Private Ltd. New Delhi.
2. Mechanics of Materials; F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston and J. T. DeWolf, Third Edition,
2002, McGraw-Hill International Edition.
3. Mechanics of Materials, Madhukar Vable, 2002, Oxford Univrsity,
4. Engineering Mechanics of Solids by E P Popov and T A Balan, 2nd Edition, Pearson
Education, New Delhi.
5. Course Plan:
Lecture
No.

Learning Objectives

Topics to be covered

Reference
Chap./Sec

.# (Book)
principles Introduction, principles of mechanics, concept of
1.1-1.9
force & moment, equilibrium conditions, concept
(TB)
of two & three force members, free body
diagram, friction
principles Numerical problems
Ch.1 (TB)

1-3

Fundamental
of mechanics

4-5

17-18

Fundamental
of mechanics
Introduction to
mechanics of deformable
bodies
Introduction to
mechanics of deformable
bodies
Forces & moments
transmitted by slender
members
Forces & moments
transmitted by slender
members
Forces
&
moments
transmitted by slender
members
Stress & Strain

19-20

Stress & Strain

21-22
23-24

Stress & Strain

Stress-StrainTemperature relations
Stress-StrainTemperature relations

6-8

9-10

11-12

13-14

15-16

25-26

27
28-30

Stress-StrainTemperature relations
Torsion

31
32-33

Torsion
Stresses due to bending

Analysis of deformable bodies, uniaxial loading

& deformation, statically determinate &
indeterminate situations, Castiglianos theorem.
Numerical problems

2.1-2.4
2.6-2.7
(TB)
Ch.2 (TB)

Introduction forces & moments acting on a

section of a member, distributed loads &
resultant of distributed loads
Differential equilibrium approach, Singularity
functions

3.1-3.4
(TB)

Numerical problems

3.5-3.6
(TB)
Ch.3 (TB)

Introduction, stress, plane stress, equilibrium of a

4.1-4.7
element in plane stress, Mohr circle
(TB)
representation of a plane stress, general state of
stress.
Analysis of deformations, strain components,
4.8-4.13
relation between strain & displacement, strain
(TB)
component associated with arbitrary set of axis,
Mohr circle representation of plane strain,
general state of strain
Numerical problems
Ch.4 (TB)
Introduction, tensile test, idealization of stress
5.1-5.4
strain curve, elastic stress strain relation
(TB)
Thermal strain, complete equations of elasticity,
5.5-5.6,
strain energy in a elastic body, criteria of initial
5.8,5.11
yielding
(TB)
Numerical problems
Ch.5 (TB)
Introduction, geometry of deformation of a
twisted circular shaft, stress strain relations,
equilibrium requirements, stresses &
deformations in twisted elastic circular shaft,
torsion of elastic hollow circular shaft, combined
stresses, strain energy due to torsion, yielding in
torsion & Numerical
Numerical problems
Introduction, deformation in pure bending,

6.1-6.9
(TB)

Ch.6 (TB)
7.1-7.5

34-35

Stresses due to bending

36
37-38

Stresses due to bending

Deflections due to
bending

39-40

Deflections due to
bending
Deflections due to
bending
Stability of equilibrium
buckling
Stability of equilibrium
buckling

41
42-43
44

stress-strain relations, equilibrium requirements,

stresses & deformations in pure bending
Stresses due to shear force and bending moment,
combined stresses, strain energy due to bending,
yielding in bending
Numerical problems
Introduction, moment-curvature-relations,
integration of moment-curvature relations,
superposition
Load-deflection differential equation,
Energy Methods, Numerical problems
Numerical problems
Introduction, elastic stability, examples of
instability, elastic stability of flexible columns
Numerical problems

6. Evaluation Scheme:
EC
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Evaluation
Component
Mid Term 1
Mid Term 2
Assignments/
Tutorial Tests
End Term Exam.

Weightage
20%
20%
20%
40%

Nature of
Component
CB
OB

CB

7. Chamber Consultation Hour: Friday 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

8. Notices: Notice, if any, concerning the course will be displayed on the Notice Board of
Mechanical Engineering Department

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7.7-7.9
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Ch. 7
8.1-8.4
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8.5-8.6
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Ch. 8
9.1-9.4
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Ch.9