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Department of Chemical engineering

B.Tech: Textile Technolgy Regulation: R 2015

Sub. Code / Sub. Name : CH8351 SOLID MECHANICS FOR TECHNOLOGISTS

UNIT 1 STRESS, STRAIN AND DEFORMATION OF SOLIDS

Session
Topics to be covered
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01 Rigid bodies and deformable solids forces on solids and supports equilibrium and
stability
02 strength and stiffness
03 Tension, compression and shear stresses Hookes law and simple
problems
04 Tension, compression and shear stresses Hookes law and simple
problems
05 Compound bars

06 Thermal stresses

07
Elastic constants and poissions ratio.
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Tutorial
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UNIT 2 TRANSVERSE LOADING ON BEAMS

Session
Topics to be covered
No *
01 Beams support conditions types of Beams transverse loading on beams shear
02 force and bending moment in beams

03 analysis of cantilever beams different type of loads, SF and BM diagrams

04 analysis of simply supported beams different type of loads , SF and BM diagrams

05 analysis of overhanging beams different type of loads, SF and BM diagrams

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Tutorial
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UNIT 3 DEFLECTIONS OF BEAMS

Session
Topics to be covered
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01
Double integration method
02

03 Macaulays method

04 Area moment theorems for computation of slopes and deflections in beams.

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Tutorial
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UNIT 4 STRESSES IN BEAMS

Session
Topics to be covered
No *
01 Theory of simple bending assumptions and derivation of bending equation (M/I =
02 F/Y =E/R), analysis of stresses in beams

03 loads carrying capacity of beams,

04 proportioning beam sections , leaf springs

05 flitched beams

06 Shear stress distribution in beams determination of shear stress in flanged beams.

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08 Tutorial

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UNIT 5 TORSION AND COLUMNS

Session
Topics to be covered
No *
01 Torsion of circular shafts derivation of torsion equation (T/J = fs/R = C/L) stress
and deformation in circular and hollow shafts stresses and deformation in circular and
02 hollow shafts
stepped shafts shafts fixed at both ends stresses in helical springs deflection of
03
springs spring constant.
Axially loaded short columns columns of unsymmetrical sections Eulers theory of
04
long columns

05 critical loads for prismatic columns with different end conditions effect of eccentricity

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Tutorial
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REFERENCES:
1. Rajput.R.K. Strength of Materials, S.Chand and Co, New Delhi, 2013
2. Bansal, R.K, Strength of Materials, Laxmi Publications(P) Ltd., Fourth Edition 2010
3. Rattan.S.S., "Strength of Materials", Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2011.