MILITARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mirpur Cantt., Dhaka, Bangladesh

Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

COURSE OUTLINE
I. Course No & Title : ME 227, Mechanics of Structure
II. Nature (Core/Major/Elective) : Core
III. Academic Term :
IV. Credit : 3.00
V. Course teacher: :
Teacher’s Name : Major Muhammad Rabiul Islam, phd, EME
Campus and room :
Day and time: :

VI - Course Descriptions:
Fundamental of stress analysis. Mechanical properties of materials. Normal, shear and combined
stresses. Joint and beam analyses: continuous beam, beam on elastic foundation, curved beam.
Column and buckling analyses. Thick cylinder and pressure vessel. Torsion and shaft design.
Theories of failure.

VII – Objectives:
The main objective of this course is to understand the computation of deformations, deflections,
and internal forces or stresses within structures, either for design or for performance evaluation of
existing structures.

VIII – Topics to be covered:

Sl. No. Topic Time Frame Book
1. Fundamental of Stress Analysis 1st, 2nd Week James M.
 Introducton; Gere
 Normal Stress;
 Normal Strain;
 Uniaxial Stress;
 Uniaaxial Strain;
 Line of Action of the Axial Force;
 Mechanical Properties of Materials
 Stress Strain Diagram;
 Elasticity, Plasticity, Creep;
 Hookes Law;
 Poisons Ratio;
 Solution of Different Problems;
Shear and Combined Stresses
 Shear Stress;
 Equality of Shear Stresses on Perpendicular Planes;
 Shear Strain, Sign Convention;
 Modulus of Rigidity;
 Factors of Safety;
 Allowable Stress, Allowable Loads;
 Solution of Different Problems.
2. Axially Loaded Members 3rd, 4th Week James M.
 Statically Determinate Structure and Their Properties: Gere
1. Spring;
2. Prismatic Bar;
 Bars with Intermediate Axial Loads;
 Bars Consisting of Prismatic Segments;
 Bars with Continuously Varying Loads or Dimensions;
 Statically Indeterminate Structures;
 Solution of Different Problems.
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3. Theories of Failure 5th ,6th Week James M.
 Stress Elements; Gere
 Stresses on Inclined Sections;
 Maximum Normal and Shear Stresses;
 Uniaxial Stress;
 Solution of Different Problems;
Torsion and Shaft Design
 Introduction to Torsion;
 Torsional Deformation of a Circular Bar: Shear Strains
at the Outer Surface, Shear Strains within the Bar,
Circular Tubes;
 Circular Bars of Linearly Elastic Materials: The Torsion
Formula, Angle of Twist, Circular Tubes;
 Solution of Different Problems;
 Thin walled Tubes: Shear Stresses and Shear Flow,
Torsion formula for Thin Walled Tubes.
4. Shear Forces and Bending Moments 7th Week James M.
 Types of Beams, Loads and Reactions; Gere
 Shear Forces and Bending Moments;
 Sign Conventions;
  Relationships Between Loads, Shear Forces, and
Bending Moments;
 Shear-Force and Bending-Moment Diagrams;
 Distributed Load, Concentrated Load, Uniform load;
 Solution of Different Problems.
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5. Stresses in Beams 8th, 9th ,10th James M.
 Pure Bending and Non Uniform Bending; Week Gere
 Curvature of a Beam;
 Longitudinal Strains in Beams;
 Location of Neutral Axis;
 Moment Curvature Relationship;
 Flexure Formula;
 Maximum Stresses at a Cross Section;
 Doubly Symmetric Shapes;
 Properties of Beam Cross Sections;
 Vertical and Horizontal Shear Stresses;
 Derivation of Shear Formula;
 Distribution of Shear Stresses in a Rectangular Beam;
 Shear Stresses in a Beam of Circular Cross Sections;
 Shear Stresses in the Web;
 Maximum and Minimum Shear Stresses of Beams with
Flanges;
 Shear Force in the Web;
 Beams with Axial Loads.
6. Analysis of Stress and Strain 11th, 12th James M.
 Plane Stress; Week Gere
 Stresses on Inclined Sections;
 Transformation Equation for Plane Stress;
 Principal Stresses, Principal Angles;
 Shear Stress on Principal Planes;
 Maximum Shear Stresses;
 Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress;
 Plane Strain versus Plane Stress;
 Transformation Equation for Plane Strain;
 Principal Strain, Maximum Shear Strain;
 Mohr’s Circle for Plane Strain.
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7. Deflections of Beams 13th, 14th James M.
 Maximum Stresses in Beams; Week Gere
 Differential Equations of the Deflection Curve;
 Beams with Small Angles of Rotation;
 Deflections by Integration of the Bending Moment
Equations;
  Deflections by Integration of the Shear Force and Load
Equations;
 Method of Superposition;
 Moment Area Method;
Statically Indeterminate Beams
 Analysis by the Deferential Equations of the Deflection
Curve;
 Method of Superposition;
 Longitudinal Displacements at the Ends of a Beam;
Column and Buckling Analyses
 Introduction to Column, Buckling;
 Differential Equation for Column Buckling;
 Solution of Differential Equation, Critical Loads.
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Reference Textbook:
1. Mechanics of Materials – James M. Gere
2. Strength of Materials – Andrew Pytel, Ferdinand L. Singer