Description: (Lecture, 3 credits) Introduction to continuum mechanics: stress, strain and deformation, constitutive equations. theories of failure. inelastic behavior, torsion of prismatic bars, bending of beams, thick-walled cylinders, thermal effects, impact loading.

Pre-requisite: CVE 220 or MCE 301 or permission of instructor.

Instructor:  Professor Hamouda Ghonem, Office: Engineering Building Rm 212, Phone: 874-2909, Email: ghonem@uri.edu

Text:

• Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Boresi, Schmidt, 6th Edition, Wiley
• Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, A. Ugural and S. Fenster, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall.

Course Topics:

• Part 1: Analysis of Stress
• Part 2: Analysis of Strain
• Part 3: Stress-Strain Relations
• Part 4: Failure Theories
• Part 5: Torsion of Prismatic Bars
• Part 6: Bending of Beams
• Part 7: Thick-Walled Cylinders
• Part 8: Temperature-Dependent Deformation
• Part 9: High Strain Rate Loading