ENGR 2460 - Mechanics of Materials

Credit hours: 3

Course Description:
Stress-strain relationships under plane and 3-D deformations; Hooke’s Law, extension, bending, shear, torsion, and beam deflections; Castigliano’s theorem, column design and buckling, combined stresses, stress concentrations, and failure theories.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

Apply the basic laws of mathematics and science in determining the various stresses that may occur in a member.
Explain the concept of strain and the relationship between stress and strain including Hooke’s Law.
Apply the basic laws of mechanics to design beams based on maximum allowable stress and deflections