Solid Mechanics (MFGE212) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Solid Mechanics MFGE212 4. Semester 2 2 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
MFGE 201 Engineering Mechanics I
Course Language English
Course Type Compulsory Departmental Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. İzzet Özdemir
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course aims to acquaint the students with the concepts of stresses and strain; shearing force and bending; torsion and deflection of different structural elements as well as to develop their theoretical and analytical skills relevant to the areas mentioned.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students will develop an understanding of fundamentals of mechanics of deformable bodies
  • Students will get acquainted with mechanical and physical properties of materials and their effects on the material behavior
  • Students will have understanding of allowable stress design and its applications for different structural members
  • Students will have hands-on-touch experience during laboratory sessions where fundamental solid mechanics experiments are conducted
  • Students will cultivate understanding about the capabilities and limitations of analytical approaches utilized in formulations of structural members
Course Content Stress and strains in Solids, Material Properties, Axial Members, Torsion Members, Bending, Transverse Shear, Shear Flow, Combined Loadings, Plane Stress Transformations, Beam Displacement.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Principles of Statics, Stress on Solids Chapter 1
2 Shear Stress and Allowable Stress Design Chapter 2
3 Strain in Solids Chapter 3
4 Introduction to Material Properties Chapter 4
5 Introduction to Axial Members Chapter 5
6 Introduction to Torsion Members Chapter 6
7 Introduction to Bending Chapter 7
8 Introduction to Bending Chapter 8
9 Introduction to Transverse Shear Chapter 9
10 Concept of Shear Flow in Built-up Sections Chapter 10
11 Combined Loadings and Resulting Stress Chapter 11
12 Plane Stress Transformation, Principal Stresses Chapter 12
13 Introduction to Mohr's Circle , Stress Variations in Beam & Maximum Shear Chapter 13
14 Beam Displacement - Integration Method Chapter 14
15 Final exam period All chapters
16 Final exam period All chapters

Sources

Course Book 1. Hibbeler, R.C., Mechanics of Materials, Sixth Edition,Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 2004
Other Sources 2. Beer, F.P., and Johnston Jr., E.R., Mechanics of Materials, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill Inc.,New York, 1992.
3. ] Popov, E.P., Engineering Mechanics of Solids, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1999.,
4. Shames, I.H., Introduction to Solid Mechanics, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliff, New Jersey, 1989.
5. Gere, J.M., and Timoshenko, S.P., Mechanics of Materials, Third Edition, PWS-Kent Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 5
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics 5 10
Homework Assignments 5 10
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 2 40
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 35
Toplam 14 100
Percentage of Semester Work 65
Percentage of Final Work 35
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 4 64
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 4 64
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 5 3 15
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 2 3 6
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 4 4
Total Workload 153