MECH 220

Mechanics of Solids I

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-1.5*-1

Review of bending moment and shear force diagrams for beams. Introduction of stress and strain; axial loading, torsion, pure bending and transverse loading. Status failure and factors of safety. Stress and strain transformation in two dimensions. Mohr's circle. Beam deflection, stability of columns. Energy methods.

Note: *Indicates a 3 hour laboratory taken by students on alternate weeks.

Prerequisites: 141 or ENGR 141.

Pre- or corequisites: MATH 200.

Undergraduate course in Mechanical Engineering offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering.