18CV32: Strength of Materials CIVIL Syllabus for BE 3rd Sem 2018 Scheme VTU

Strength of Materials detailed Syllabus for Civil Engineering (CIVIL), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.

For all other VTU CIVIL 3rd Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU CIVIL 3rd Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for strength of materials is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Module 1

Simple Stresses and Strain: Introduction, Definition and concept and of stress and strain. Hooke’s law, Stress-Strain diagrams for ferrous and non-ferrous materials, factor of safety, Elongation of tapering bars of circular and rectangular cross sections, Elongation due to self-weight. Saint Venant’s principle, Compound bars, Temperature stresses, Compound section subjected to temperature stresses, state of simple shear, Elastic constants and their relationship.

Module 2

Compound Stresses: Introduction, state of stress at a point, General two dimensional stress system, Principal stresses and principal planes. Mohr’s circle of stresses. Theory of failures: Max. Shear stress theory and Max. principal stress theory. Thin and Thick Cylinders: Introduction, Thin cylinders subjected to internal pressure; Hoop stresses, Longitudinal stress and change in volume. Thick cylinders subjected to both internal and external pressure; Lame’s equation, radial and hoop stress distribution.

Module 3

Module 4

Bending and Shear Stresses in Beams: Introduction, pure bending theory, Assumptions, derivation of bending equation, modulus of rupture, section modulus, flexural rigidity. Expression for transverse shear stress in beams, Bending and shear stress distribution diagrams for circular, rectangular, I’, and T’ sections. Shear centre (only concept). Torsion in Circular Shaft: Introduction, pure torsion, Assumptions, derivation of torsion equation for circular shafts, torsional rigidity and polar modulus Power transmitted by a shaft.

Module 5

Deflection of Beams: Definition of slope, Deflection and curvature, Sign conventions, Derivation of momentcurvature equation. Double integration method and Macaulay’s method: Slope and deflection for standard loading cases and for determinate prismatic beams subjected to point loads, UDL, UVL and couple. Columns and Struts: Introduction, short and long columns. Euler’s theory; Assumptions, Derivation for Euler’s Buckling load for different end conditions, Limitations of Euler’s theory. Rankine-Gordon’s formula for columns.

Course Outcomes:

Question paper pattern:

The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
Each full question will be for 20 marks.
There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub- questions) from each module.
Each full question will have sub- question covering all the topics under a module.
The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

B.S. Basavarajaiah, P. Mahadevappa Strength of Materials in SI Units, University Press (India) Pvt. Ltd., 3rd Edition,2010
Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston and Jr. John T. De Wolf Mechanics of Materials, Tata McGraw-Hill, Third Edition, SI Units

Reference Books:

For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE 3rd Sem Civil Engineering, visit (CIVIL) 3rd Sem Syllabus Subjects.

For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE results, visit VTU BE all semester results direct links.

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