Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | STRENGTH OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES WITH LAB | ||||||||||
Course Unit Code | AMEM214 | ||||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 6 | ||||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||||
Prerequisites | ACES103,AMEM110 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||||
Course Contents | Theory and fundamentals in Strength of Materials: normal stress and strain, linear elasticity, stress-strain curve, Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, ductile and brittle materials, Poisson’s ratio, shear stress and strain, shear modulus Stress and strain: Analysis of stress and strain in materials and structures, principal stresses and maximum shear stresses. Force variables in beams: internal force variables in beams, external loads with internal force variables Slope and deflection functions of beams with the aid of the double-integration method Flexural (bending) stiffness of profiles and torsion deformation of circular bar Buckling effect and stability of columns with pinned ends and further support conditions Application on different examples: the taught aspects in strength of materials are applied and analysed on specific structural static problems Laboratory work, where students can apply their gained knowledge and discuss and evaluate practical test setups and measurements for better comprehension | ||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Furthermore theoretical principles are explained by means of specific examples and solution of specific problems. Lectures are supplemented with laboratory work carried out with the supervision of a lab assistant. Here a demonstration of actual problems and experimental methods takes place. Additionally, during laboratory sessions, students apply their gained knowledge and identify the principles taught in the lecture sessions by means of working on different experimental setup, measuring and evaluation methods. | ||||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |