Fall 2003

 

Text:    Mechanics of Materials, Beer and Johnston, Third Edition


Profs.:
Dr. Saeed Asiri       Office: 480     ext.: 68175    Email: dr_saeed@asiri.net
           
Dr. Abdul Hameed  Office: 223     ext.: 68310    Email: ahameed_memon@hotmail.com

 

 

Syllabus

 

 Day

Date

1424

Reading

Assign.


Topic

Homework

Assign

1

17/7

1.1-10

Axial and Transverse Loads

(1) 1.2,10,18,26

2

19/7

1.11-13

Oblique Planes and Combined Stress

(1) 1.30,37,49    

3

24/7

2.1-8

Stress and Strain under Axial Loading

(2) (1 due) 2.17,28,41,59

4

26/7

2.10-19

Thermal Expansion

(2) 2.65,72,78,93            Lab1

5

2/8

3.1-8

Torsion and Stress Concentrations

(3) (2 due) 3.17,32,48,56

6

4/8

3.7,3.8

Shaft Design

(3) 3.84,89                     Lab2

7

9/8

4.1-5

Pure Bending

(4) (3 due) 4.19,27

8

11/8

4.6-7,12

Stress Concentration in Beam

(4) 4.43,57,127,133


Exam 1
: Thursday, 13th of Shaban, 1424 H

Questions

Answers

 

9

16/8

5.1-3

Shear Force and Bending Diagrams

(5) (4 due) 5.14,22,28

10

18/8

5.4-5

Design of Beam for Bending

(5) 5.78,86,96                 Lab3

11

23/8

6.1-4

Shear Stress in Beam

(6) (5 due) 6.3,5,21,23

12

25/8

7.1-5

Principal Stresses and Mohr’s Circle

(6) 7.2,7,11,31                Lab4

13

1/9

7.5-6

Mohr’s Circle for 3-D Analysis of Stress

(7) (6 due) 7.66,67,69,70,74

14

3/9

7.7

Failure Theories

(7) 7.83,85,86,87            Lab5

15

8/9

Handout

Failure Theories

Handout

16

10/9

7. 8

Mohr’s Criterion

(7) 7.89,90,91,92,93        Lab6


Exam 2
: Thursday, 12th of Ramadan, 1424 H

Questions

Answers

 

17

15/9

7.9

Thin-walled Pressure Vessels

(8) (7 due) 7.104,108,110,164

18

17/9

Handout

Thick-walled Pressure Vessels

(8) Handout                    Lab7

19

6/10

8.1-3

Combined Stresses, Shear and Bending

(9) (8 due) 8.2,6,11,18,19

20

8/10

8.4

Combined Stresses

(9) 8.33,39,40,84            Lab8

21

13/10

9.1-9.5

Beam Deflection

(10) (9 due) 9.2,3,8,44,57

22

15/10

9.6-8

Singularity Functions and Superposition

(10) 9.74,77,90,92          


Exam 3
: Thursday, 17th of Shawal, 1424 H

Questions

Answers

 

23

20/10

10.1-3

Euler Formula for Columns

(11) (10 due) 10.10,12,15,21

24

22/10

10.4-7

Secant and Johnston Formulas

(11) Handout                    Lab9

25

27/10

11.1-4

Strain Energy for Normal Stresses

(12) (11 due) 11.12,22,34

23

29/10

11.5

Strain Energy for Shear Stresses

(12) 11.38,39,41           Lab10

24

5/11

11.12

Castigliano’s Theorem

(13) (12 due) 11.90,91,92

25

7/11

11.13

Deflection by Castigliano’s Theorem

(13) 11.112,124,136

26

12/11

Review

(13 due)

27

14/11

Review

 


Final Exam
: Sunday, 19th of Doll Qidah, 1424 H

Questions

Answers