Week - 1 |
General principles of statics, idealizations, units, significant figures, Newton’s Laws |
Week - 2 |
Force vectors and force system resultants, moment and couple, equivalent systems |
Week - 3 |
Equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, free body diagrams |
Week - 4 |
Two and three force members |
Week - 5 |
Structural analysis, truss systems, method of joints |
Week - 6 |
Truss systems, method of sections |
Week - 7 |
Frames and machines |
Week - 8 |
Internal forces, shear and moment diagrams
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Week - 9 |
Construction of shear and moment diagrams using differential relations |
Week - 10 |
Introduction to strength of materials, concepts of axial stress and axial strain |
Week - 11 |
Deformation and strain under axial loading. Hooke's Law. Poisson's Ratio |
Week - 12 |
Deformation and strain due to thermal stresses |
Week - 13 |
Bearing stress in connections |
Week - 14 |
Multiaxial loading, Generalized Hooke's Law |