Course syllabus for Strength of materials, advanced course

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Course syllabus adopted 2022-02-15 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameHållfasthetslära, fortsättningskurs
  • CodeIMS095
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTIMAL
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyMechanical Engineering
  • DepartmentINDUSTRIAL AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 65136
  • Maximum participants60
  • Open for exchange studentsYes
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0122 Project 1.5 c
Grading: UG		1.5 c
0222 Examination 6 c
Grading: TH		6 c
  • 28 Okt 2022 pm L_DATA
  • 04 Jan 2023 am L_DATA
  • 22 Aug 2023 pm L_DATA

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

The courses LMA401 Calculus, MVE580 Linear algebra and differential equations, LMT202 Mechanics, TME255 Strength of materials, MVE645 Programming and numerical methods using Python and LMA017 Mathematical analysis in several variables, or corresponding knowledge.

Aim

The course gives you important skills to evaluate stresses and deformations along with failure assessments of various 2D components. Also, ways to assess the stability of the components are developed. Emphasis is placed on the modeling of multiaxial stress and strain states in elastic 2D structures. 2D structures are elastic plane strain, plane stress and axisymmetric components. In this context, structural modeling of plates and technical shells is also developed. Models for material failure are developed based on the stress analysis. Another emphasis is on the concept of structural stability for defining limit loads of beam structures.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  • formulate the concepts of multiaxial stress and strain;
  • determine the principal stresses and principal stress directions;
  • formulate and analyze isotropic thermoelasticity;
  • describe and analyze plane stress, plane strain and axisymmetry;
  • formulate the concept of structural stability;
  • solve simplified problems of structural stability;
  • analyze stresses and deformations of 2D solids, plates and simplified shells;
  • explain the stress distribution around concentrated loads;
  • describe and analyze stress concentration factors.

Content

  • concepts of stress and strain
  • isotropic thermoelasticity, plane stress and strain
  • equilibrium, principle of virtual work
  • 2D-elasticity, axisymmetry
  • yield and failure criteria
  • principle of potential energy
  • stability concept, instability phenomena
  • 2nd order theory for beams - Euler buckling
  • Kirchhoff plates
  • technical shell theory

Organisation

Teaching the lesson the form of lectures and demonstration elements of the bills.

Lectures (56 hours) and individual work (144 hours).

Literature

To be communicated at the course home page.

Examination including compulsory elements

The course is assessed through a project and a final exam. The project can generate bonus credits on the exam. Grading scale TH (fail, 3, 4, 5).

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to examination:
    • 2022-09-23: Location Location changed from Halls at Lindholmen to Lindholmen, Computer by Ragnar Larsson
      [2023-08-22 6,0 hec, 0222]
    • 2022-09-23: Location Location changed from Halls at Lindholmen to Lindholmen, Computer by Ragnar Larsson
      [2023-01-04 6,0 hec, 0222]
    • 2022-09-23: Location Location changed from Halls at Lindholmen to Lindholmen, Computer by Ragnar Larsson
      [2022-10-28 6,0 hec, 0222]