4. Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials

4. Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials

4.1 Applied Mechanics

• Particles, rigid and deformable bodies

• Statics and equilibrium

• Friction

• Newton’s laws

• Work–energy theorem

• Impulse–momentum principle

4.2 Theory of Elasticity

• Stress and strain

• Hooke’s law

• Elastic moduli

• Thermal stress

• Poisson’s ratio

• Strain energy and impact loading

4.3 Strength of Materials

• Centre of gravity and centroid

• Moment of inertia

• Shear force and bending moment

• Beam deflection

• Truss analysis

• Torsion of shafts

4.4 Theory of Machines

• Degree of freedom

• Linkage mechanisms

• Kinematics and kinetics of motion

• Velocity and acceleration analysis

• Forces in mechanisms

4.5 Mechanisms

• Gyroscopic effects

• Governors and flywheels

• Balancing

• Cam and follower

• SHM and cycloidal motion

• Belt, rope, chain drives

• Gears and gear trains

4.6 Mechanics of Solids

• Deformable body analysis

• Determinate and indeterminate structures

• Thin and thick cylinders

• Torsion of non-circular sections