Module 1: Welcome

January 20, 2010

Module Content:
1. Strength of materials, the follow-on course in the engineering mechanics sequence which
started with Statics, provides us with tools to determine key structural engineering response
quantities like stress, deflection, and failure.
2. Our course policies are similar to those from last semester, with a few small modifications based
upon your input.
3. This semester, you (yes, you) will be empowered to an even greater degree to control your
educational experience.

Module Reading, Problems, and Demo:

Reading: Chapter 1
Problems: statics review, including FBDs
Demo: none
Technology: http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/som2010

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Administrative Details
• professor: E. Berger (A-122 Thornton Hall, berger@virginia.edu)
HIBBELER

• TA: Mr. Anthony Darmiento (MS candidate in ME,

ad8u@virginia.edu)

of
Mechanics
Materials
• office hours and problem sessions details are TBD based upon
your schedule
SEVENTH

• meeting time and location: MWF 12-12.50, MEC 339

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ISBN-10: 0-13-220991-8
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EDITION

Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458

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• about the course:

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MAE 2310 - Strength of Materials

Stress and strain definitions: Normal stress and strain, thermal strain, shear stress, shear
strain; transformations of stress and strain; Mohr’s circle for plane stress and strain;
stresses due to combined loading; axially loaded members; torsion of circular and thin-
walled closed sections; deformation, strains and stresses in beams; deflections of beams;
stability of columns; and energy concepts in mechanics. Cross-listed as CE 231. (Y)

Prerequisites & Notes

Prerequisite: MAE 230, APMA 212.

Credits: 4

This Course information is from the Undergraduate Record 2007-2008.

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Course Policies
• we follow the Honor Code, and the syllabus contains the SEAS-recommended
wording (and some student contact information); all exams are pledged, homework
assignments are not

• we will use the course blog more than Collab, and I encourage you to sign up for a
login so that you can post comments to the blog

• quizzes will be announced at least one class period in advance

• homework submissions must be in my hand at 12 noon (i.e., the BEGINNING of the

class period) on the due date

• excused absence does NOT NECESSARILY mean excused from work

• grade appeals must be submitted in writing within 1 week of the assignment return
date for consideration

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Course Grading
• graded assignments:
• HW problem sets: about 10 assignments total (15%)

• blog points: details to be distributed soon (5%)

• quizzes (10%): about 5 total

• exams: 3 midterms (15% each), 1 final (25%)

• attendance, participation, etc.: not explicitly part of the grade, but always useful...

• extra credit available...

• for problem solutions submitted and posted on the blog (this semester, ONLY electronic
submissions will be accepted, and only the first 2 neat, correct, concise solutions received
will be awarded credit)

• each extra solution is worth 1/4 of a homework

• excellent/useful/insightful commentary posted on the blog will also result in extra credit

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Consultation and Getting Help
• your first step is always: come to class, work hard and
try to understand, perhaps even consult some friends,
and after due diligence...

• your next step is to come see me: send email, visit

during office hours, or make an appointment (phone is
usually NOT the best way to reach me)

• other options: buy study guides such as the Schaum’s

outline listed on the syllabus, pay a tutor

• friendly advice: join a study group of at least 2-3

people (including students from the other section), if
not more; alot of great learning takes place in a
collaborative environment like a study group
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• more friendly advice: take advantage of review
sessions and problem sessions--we will do these
periodically and announce times and location in
advance

• we will also link to lots on online content in support

of the class
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Technology Content
• how do we use these notes? (I’m not sure, actually, can you tell me?)

• a summary:

• blogging: we will use the course blog as a way to communicate--I encourage all of you to
get an account and start hacking (subscribe!)

• podcasts: I will be podcasting all lecture modules and posting them on the blog; this also
includes video problem solutions and tutorials

• video solutions: from the publisher’s website, as in Statics

• Arcade: a fun visualization tool and simulator for structures that we will see and use
toward the middle of the semester

• Collab: we will occasionally do some surveys, and we will use the gradebook features of
Collab; otherwise we will use the course blog

• email: the usual

• a request: the success of some of this technology relies upon you participating, meaning you
should work this into your DAILY study routine--check the RSS feeds, review the podcasts, post
your course questions as comments on the blog, use email to communicate, etc.

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Course Objectives and Outcomes

1. Understand the stresses, strains, and deformation response of elastic solids in the presence of external loading.
Outcomes:
a. define shear and normal stresses and strains
b. understand the meaning and use of stress – strain diagrams
c. define elastic modulus, shear modulus, and Poisson’s ratio
d. describe St. Venant’s Principle
e. identify a state of plane stress
f. understand the concept of stress transformation

2. Calculate stresses within an elastic solid subject to individual and combined external loading.
Outcomes:
a. calculate average normal stress and average shear stress
b. calculate deflection and reactions for statically determinate and indeterminate:
• axially loaded bars
• torsionally loaded circular bars
c. construct shear and bending moment diagrams for beams subject to bending moments and transverse shear loads
d. calculate the normal stress and strain distributions in symmetric beams under pure bending
e. calculate the shear stress distribution in a built up beam subject to shear loads
f. calculate the deflection of beams from the moment – curvature relationship
g. calculate the stress at a point using superposition for the case of simple combined loadings

3. Transform the state of stress in one coordinate system to another.

Outcomes:
a. construct a Mohr’s circle diagram from a given state of plane stress
b. understand the concept of principle stresses and planes
c. calculate (from the stress transformation equations or Mohr’s circle) the principle stresses for plane stress
d. calculate the maximum in-plane and out-of-plane shear stress for plane stress

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Course Objectives and Outcomes

1. Understand the stresses, strains, and deformation response of elastic solids in the presence of external loading.
Outcomes:
a. define shear and normal stresses and strains
b. understand the meaning and use of stress – strain diagrams
c. define elastic modulus, shear modulus, and Poisson’s ratio
d. describe St. Venant’s Principle FBDs, method of sections,
e. identify a state of plane stress
internal forces,V&M, moment of inertia
f. understand the concept of stress transformation

2. Calculate stresses within an elastic solid subject to individual and combined external loading.
Outcomes:
a. calculate average normal stress and average shear stress
b. calculate deflection and reactions for statically determinate and indeterminate:
• axially loaded bars
• torsionally loaded circular bars
c. construct shear and bending moment diagrams for beams subject to bending moments and transverse shear loads
d. calculate the normal stress and strain distributions in symmetric beams under pure bending
e. calculate the shear stress distribution in a built up beam subject to shear loads
f. calculate the deflection of beams from the moment – curvature relationship
g. calculate the stress at a point using superposition for the case of simple combined loadings

3. Transform the state of stress in one coordinate system to another.

Outcomes:
a. construct a Mohr’s circle diagram from a given state of plane stress
b. understand the concept of principle stresses and planes
c. calculate (from the stress transformation equations or Mohr’s circle) the principle stresses for plane stress
d. calculate the maximum in-plane and out-of-plane shear stress for plane stress

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The Course Blog
• course information and
announcements

• threaded discussions

• media home

• link to outside sources

• categories:

• announcements

• homework

• exams

• The Explainer

• where?

http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/som2010

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The Course Blog
• course information and
announcements

• threaded discussions

• media home

• link to outside sources

• categories:

• announcements

• homework

• exams

• The Explainer

• where?

http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/som2010

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Lecture Podcast Content
• the lectures are designed to contain the “static” course
content

• you can download and view these at your leisure

• the “dynamic” course content will be presented live in

lecture, and NOT recorded

• the class period breakdown will usually be:

• ~30 minutes of recorded material which sets up the

concepts, theories and applications

• ~20 minutes of NOT recorded material which includes

physical demos, software usage, and collaborative
problem solving

• we will (again) try some pre-lectures, in which I record the

lecture module ahead of time, you watch it, then during
the class meeting we do 100% collaborative problem
solving

• obviously this only works if you actually view the modules

ahead of time...

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Video Problem Solutions
• these Quicktime videos show complete
solutions to problems from our text,
including narration and discussion

• they show several useful things:

• the solution, with all math

• the steps in the solution, including

“what to watch out for”

• good problem solving technique

• relationships between this problem

and others that we have solved

• the spoken word adds great value above

the usual “static” written solution on the
page

• download and use...you won’t regret it

don’t forget...the companion website which has 100 videos

to accompany the course!
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Concept: Strength of Materials
• from Hibbeler (p. 3): “Strength of materials is a branch of mechanics that studies the relationships between
external loads applied to a deformable body and the intensity of internal forces acting within the body.”

• Mechanics: (engineering or applied) mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the analysis of the
action of forces on matter or material systems (www.answers.com)

• external loads: forces, pressures, etc. exerted on a body by external means, including point loads, moments,
torques, pressures, as well as body forces due to gravity

• deformable body: an elastic body which is NOT rigid (i.e., can deform or change shape)

• internal forces: the forces acting within a structure that react against the external loads (e.g., shear force or
bending moment)

• intensity of internal forces: intensity is a way of expressing the (internal) force per unit area; we will come to
know this by a much easier name “stress”

• why is stress important?

• essentially all theories of “failure” are related to the stress experienced by a structure

• stress is a physical quantity which can be compared with a fundamental material property (“strength”) to
determine whether/when a structure will fail

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