3rd Sem, AUTO

Mechanics of Materials Auto 3rd Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Mechanics of Materials detail syllabus for Automobile Engineering (Auto), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AU34), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other auto 3rd sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Auto 3rd Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for mechanics of materials is as follows.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, students will be able to

  • Explain the basic concepts of stress, strain
  • Explain the behavior of different engineering materials subjected to different types of loading
  • Demonstrate calculation of principal stresses using analytical and graphical methods
  • Calculate and plot shear force and bending moment diagrams for beams carrying different types of loads, and various support conditions
  • Determine deflection and slope of beams subjected to various type of loads
  • Determine the diameter of solid and hollow shafts subjected to torques
  • Calculate critical loads for different type of columns using euler’s, rankine’s equations

Module 1

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Module 2

Analysis of Stress and Strain: Plane stress, Stresses on inclined planes, Principal stresses and maximum shear stress, Principal angles, Shear stresses on principal planes, Maximum shear tress, Mohr circle for plane stress conditions. Cylinders: Thin cylinder: Hoop’s stress, maximum shear stress, circumferential and longitudinal strains, thick cylinders: Lames equations.

Module 3

Shear Forces and Bending Moments: Type of beams, Loads and reactions, Relationship between loads, shear forces and bending moments, Shear force and bending moments of cantilever beams, Pin support and roller supported beams subjected to concentrated loads and uniformly distributed constant / varying loads. Stresses in Beams: Pure bending, Curvature of a beam, Longitudinal strains in beams, Normal stresses in Beams with rectangular, circular,I’ and T’ cross sections, Flexure Formula, Bending Stresses, Deflection of beams (Curvature).

Module 4

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Module 5

Strain Energy:
Castigliano’s theorem I and II, Load deformation diagram, Strain energy due to normal stresses, Shear stresses, Modulus of resilience, Strain energy due to bending and torsion.
Theories of Failure:
Maximum Principal stress theory, Maximum shear stress theory.

Course Outcomes:

After completion of above course, student will be able to:

  • Explain the concepts of stress, strain; material properties.
  • Explain the behavior of materials under different loading conditions
  • Calculate principal stresses using analytical and graphical methods; estimate the stresses in thick and thin cylinders.
  • Calculate SF and BM and draw the SF and BM diagrams types of beams carrying different types loads.
  • Calculate the deflection & slope of beams under subjected to various types of loads
  • Explain the concepts of torque and calculate the diameter of hollow and solid shafts subjected to twisting moment.
  • Stresses & angle of twist induced in to the shaft due to twisting.
  • Calculate Critical load for different types columns using Euler’s, Rankine’s equations & limitations of these equations and explain the applications.

Text Books:

  1. Strength of Materials, Indian Edition- James M Gere, Barry J Goodno, Cengage Learning, 2009.
  2. Strength of Materials- S. S. Bhavikatti,,Vikas publications House -1 Pvt. Ltd., 2nd Ed., 2006.

Reference Books:

  1. Strength of Materials- S. S. Rattan, , Tata McGraw Hill, 2009
  2. Mechanics of Materials- K.V. Rao, G.C. Raju, First Edition, 2007.
  3. Strength of Materials- R Subramanian, Oxford, 2005.

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