Course

ME-231(b): Structural mechanics for SV

Lectures in this course (33)

Pressure Vessels & Stress Transformations

Explores pressure vessel design, stress effects in biological systems, and stress transformations for structural stability.

Torsion and Stress Concentration

Explores torsion, stress concentration, power transmission, and torsional stiffness in various geometries.

Stress and Strain Transformation

Explores stress and strain transformation, focusing on calculating maximum stresses and ensuring structural integrity.

Thin-walled Pressure Vessels: Stresses and Applications

Explores stresses in thin-walled pressure vessels, calculating hoop stresses in different scenarios and emphasizing geometry's role in stress distribution.

Stress Transformation: Plane Stress Equations

Covers the transformation equations for plane stress and the importance of stress transformations in different materials.

Principal Stresses in 2D and 3D

Explores principal stresses in 2D and 3D, deriving equations and understanding the relationship between shear and normal stresses.

Failure Criteria: Ductile and Brittle Materials

Covers strain hardening, stress, fracture, yield strength, failure theories for ductile and brittle materials, and safety factors.

Beam Bending: Shear and Moment Diagrams

Covers the method of sections for calculating internal reactions, shear forces, and bending moments in beams.

Singularity Functions: Integration Method

Introduces singularity functions to analyze beam bending and calculate shear and bending moments.

Normal Stress in Beams: Bending Analysis

Explores normal stresses in beams during bending and the calculation of the second moment of area for various shapes.

Shear Stresses in Beams

Explores shear stresses in beams, including their distribution and calculation of shear and moment diagrams.

Beam Bending: Deflection and Applications in Nanotechnology

Explores beam deflection theory, applications in nanotechnology, and AFM as a versatile tool for nanoscale biology.

Beam Buckling: Euler's Formula

Explains beam buckling, Euler's formula, modes of buckling, and the effect of eccentricity on beam behavior.