ENGR 213 Course Outcomes

ENGR 213:

Course objectives and outcomes:

  • Introduction to Mechanics of Materials
    • Draw a complete and correct free body diagram 
    • Calculate the internal forces and moments due to normal forces and applied moments 
     
  •  Relation Between Stress and Strain
    • Define normal and shear stress 
    • Define normal and shear strain 
    • Calculate normal and shear stress and strain 
    • Calculate average normal and shear stress given normal and shear strain 
    • Calculate normal and shear strain given average normal and shear stress 
    • Label and define the important locations on a stress strain diagram 
     
  • Maximum Forces and Moments
    • Calculate the maximum axial load in a axially loaded member 
    • Construct an axial load diagram 
    • Calculate the maximum torsion in a torsionally loaded member 
    • Construct a torsion diagram 
    • Calculate the maximum shear force and bending moment 
    • Construct shear force and bending moment diagrams 
     
  • Stresses and Deflections Caused by Forces (Shear and Normal) and Moments (Bending and Torsion)
    • Define normal and shear stress 
    • Calculate the normal stress and normal strain due to:  
      • Normal force (e.g. axial load) 
      • Bending moment 
      • Pressure in a vessel  
    • Calculate the shear stress and shear strain due to:
      • Shear force 
      • Torsion 
    • Calculate deflection due to:
      • Axial load 
      • Shear force (normally negligible) 
      • Bending moment 
      • Torsional moment 
       
     
  • Maximum Stresses
    • Calculate the value of the maximum normal and shear stresses given a stress element using both Mohr's circle and the stress transformation equations 
    • Calculate the orientation of a stress element where the maximum normal and shear stresses exist 
    • Calculate the normal and shear stresses for an element oriented at an arbitrary angle using both Mohr's Circle and the stress transformation equations 
     
  • Superposition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9.5
    • Calculate the state of stress in a stress element die to multiple forces and moments 
     
  • Solving Statically Indeterminate Members
    • Calculate the reactions at the supports and deflections in statically indeterminate axially and torsionally loaded members 
    • Calculate the deflections and stresses in an axially loaded member subjected to temperature change 
     
  • Design of Structural Members
    • Define factor of safety 
    • Calculate factor of safety given allowable stress and failure stress 
    • Select a failure stress given a stress strain diagram 
    • Calculate maximum loads given allowable stress and factor of safety 
    • Determine the required size of a member given loading and allowable stress constraints 
    • Select a beam given a loading condition and allowable bending stress