Consider performing a
AE 209 Solid Mechanics
Introduction:
Solid Mechanics would be the first introductory course to the structural aspect of aerospace engineering and is a precursor to aerospace structural mechanics. The course does not teach any tools specific to aerospace engineering but lays a foundation to later courses.
Credits:
8(3L-0T-1P-8C)
Prerequisites:
None
Course Contents:
The course develops from the concepts of stress and strain you learned for your JEE and a little brush up would be helpful . The course is divided into 2 halves with first half entailing
- Introduction to elasticity ,stress and strain,
- Plane stress and strain,
- Compatibility and equilibrium equations and development of stress function,
- Problems in polar coordinates and of curved bars
- Various yield theories and criterion,
- Mechanical Properties,
Second Half entailing
- Elementary Beam Theory and Torsion theory
- Shear and Bending Moments Diagrams
- Differential equations of bending
- Deflection and stress analysis of rods, beams and circular shafts
- Structural Instability
- Buckling of Columns
Motivation:
Solid Mechanics is a pre requisite for all the courses related to structural mechanics of aerospace vehicles like
- Introduction to Aero-elasticity
- Smart Materials and Structures
- Vibrations
- Structural Mechanics
Textbooks:
The text books along with the class notes are sufficient for the course with Timoshenko more useful for the first half and; Gere and Crandall for the second half.The Internet Resource can be used for further understanding
Gere, J. M., Mechanics of Materials, Thomson, 6th ed. 2007.
Crandall, S.H., Dahl, N.C. and Lardner, T.J. An Introduction to the Mechanics of Materials, McGraw-Hill, International Edition, 1978.
Timoshenko, S.P. and Goodier, J.N. Theory of Elasticity, McGraw-Hill, International Edition, 1970.