Course syllabus for Strength of materials and machine elements

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Course syllabus adopted 2019-02-21 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameHållfasthetslära och maskinelement
  • CodeTME061
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTKIEK
  • 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 Swedish
  • Application code 51128
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0114 Design exercise 2 c
Grading: UG
2 c
0214 Examination 5.5 c
Grading: TH
5.5 c
  • 02 Jun 2021 am J
  • 09 Okt 2020 pm J
  • 24 Aug 2021 am J

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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

mathematics (linear algebra, differential equations and integrals) and mechanics (statics).

Aim

The main aim is to give the participants a fundamental engineering knowledge about the design of constructions. Therefore an understanding of terminology, methods and limitations used in the engineering discipline strength of materials is needed as well as a capability to solve smaller design problems. Further, it is important to judge whether the solutions of the problems are reasonable and to be able to predict function and reliability of some of the most common machine elements.

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

- describe and to compute fundamental notions such as deformations, strains, stresses, compatibility and stability
- discuss the importance of constitutive equations and to apply elasticity, thermo-elasticity and ideal plasticity
- calculate forces, stress, deformations and strains on the whole and parts of constructions. In particular, to analyse basic elements such as bars, shafts, beams and pipes
- judge the risk of instability of axially loaded columns - compute and explain the importance of principal stresses and effective (equivalent) stresses
- recognize the notions: stress concentration, stress intensity factor and fatigue 
- apply the finite element method for stress analysis of simple structures
- design some of the most common machine elements and show orientation of other machine elements
- mathematically model, i.e. to formulate mathematical equations based on experimental knowledge, the mechanical behaviour of bars, shafts, beams and pipes
- judge how accurate this mathematical model is and whether or not a more accurate analysis must be performed

Content

The course contains the following parts:
- determination of deformations, strains, internal forces and stresses for uniaxial conditions: tension/compression of bars, torsion of circular shafts and closed thin walled cross section, bending of beams
- instability of columns
- constitutive equations such as Hooke's law in uniaxial and multiaxial conditions, thermoelasticity and ideal plasticity
- yield conditions for metals  
- multiaxial stress and strain conditions and principal stress 
- introduction to the finite element method
- stresses and strains in thin walled cylindrical and spherical pressure vessels
- design of screws, springs and bearings

Organisation

Lectures, classes and supervision of assignments

Literature

Literature in strength of materials and machine elements

Examination including compulsory elements

Written exam and compulsory assignments

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to course rounds:
    • 2021-02-07: Examinator Examinator changed from Lennart Josefson (lejo) to Magnus Ekh (mgjo) by Viceprefekt
      [Course round 1]