UNIT I:SIMPLE STRESSES AND STRAINS

1.1 Deformable bodies - Elasticity and plasticity

1.2 Types of stresses and strains – Hooke‟s law - stress – strain diagram for mild steel – Working stress

1.3 Factor of safety -Lateral strain, Poisson’s ratio and volumetric strain - Elastic moduli and the relationship between them

1.4 Bars of varying section - composite bars – Temperature stresses

1.5 Strain energy – Resilience - Gradual, sudden - impact and shock loadings - imple applications

UNIT II:SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT

2.1 Definition of beam – Types of beams - Concept of shear force and bending moment

2.2 S.F and B.M diagrams for cantilever - simply supported and overhanging beams subjected to point loads

2.3 Uniformly distributed load uniformly varying loads and combination of these loads -

2.4 Point of contra flexure -Relation between S.F., B.M and rate of loading at a section of a beam

UNIT III:FLEXURAL STRESSES

3.1 Theory of simple bending – Assumptions - Derivation of bending equation: M/I =f/y = E/R – Neutral axis - Determination of bending stresses

3.2 Section modulus of rectangular and circular sections (Solid and Hollow), I,T,Angle and Channel sections - Design of simple beam sections

3.3 SHEAR STRESSES: Derivation of formula -Shear stress distribution across various beam sections like rectangular, circular, triangular, I, T and angle section

UNIT IV:DEFLECTION OF BEAMS

4.1 Bending into a circular arc - slope, deflection and radius of curvature - Differential equation for the elastic line of a beam - Double integration and Macaulay’s methods

4.2 Determination of slope and deflection for cantilever and simply supported beams subjected to point loads, U.D.L. uniformly varying load

4.3 Mohr’s theorems Moment area method - application to simple cases including overhanging beams - deflections of propped cantilevers for simple loading cases

UNIT V:CONJUGATE BEAM METHOD

5.1 Introduction – Concept of conjugate beam method -Difference between a real beam and a conjugate beam

5.2 Deflections of determinate beams with constant and different moments of inertia

5.3. DIRECT AND BENDING STRESSES : Stresses under the combined action of direct loading and bending moment, core of a section - determination of stresses in the case of chimneys

5.4 Retaining walls and dams - conditions for stability - stresses due to direct loading and bending moment about both axis