COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STRENGTH OF MATERIALS I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAK 2015 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RAMAZAN KARAKUZU

Offered to

Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Mechanical Engineering

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to develop in the Mechanical Engineering students the ability to analyze a given mechanics problem in a simple and logical manner and to apply its solution a few fundamental and well-understood principles.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to compare internal and external force concepts
2   Ability to explain stress and strain relationships
3   Ability to calculate stresses in axial loading, elasto-plastic and residual stresses
4   Ability calculate shear stresses of shafts subjected to torsion
5   Ability to obtain normal and shear stresses in the beam

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, internal forces and stresses, normal stress, shearing stress and bearing stress
2 Stress on an oblique plane, stress components, ultimate stress and factor of safety
3 Normal stress and strain under axial loading, normal stress-strain diagram, Hooke s law
4 Statically indeterminate problems, method of superposition, thermal stresses
5 Poisson s ratio, generalized Hooke s law, bulk modulus, shearing strain, stress concentrations
6 Axial loading; plastic deformations, residual stresses
7 mid-term exam
8 Torsion of shafts and shearing stresses. Angle of twist in the elastic range
9 Statically indeterminate shafts, design of transmission shafts
10 Shear and bending-moment diagrams in the beams
11 Bending of beams and normal stresses
12 Bending of members made of several materials.
13 Eccentric axial loading in a plane of symmetry
14 Shear flow and hear stresses in the beam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Beer F.P., Johnston E.R. DeWollf J:T, Mazurek D.F, Mechanics of Materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing (theoretical), midterm exam and final exam

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-will be evaluated with examinations
LO2-will be evaluated with examinations
LO3-will be evaluated with examinations
LO4-will be evaluated with examinations
LO5-will be evaluated with examinations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ramazan.karakuzu@deu.edu.tr
yusuf.arman@deu.edu.tr
ozdemir.okan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 37 37
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.13
LO.244
LO.3553
LO.45543
LO.534