Engines and Vehicles Technology Department
{Academic Year 1432-1433, 2nd Trimester}
Course Title: Mechanics of Materials (MEV 4372)
Prerequisites: MTH 4351, PHY 4352
Credit hrs: 3, (3-0-1)
Course Teacher: Dr. Kassem Mourad
Class Schedule: Mon. 10-11-12-13, (27800), Classroom (15-G-18)
Office hours: Sat. 4, Sun. 5, Mon. 4, Tue. 5, (Office 15-S-30)
Course Objective:
Develop a thorough understanding of the relations between the loads applied to a deformable body and the stresses and strains produced in the body.
Topics:
1- Introduction: Physical Quantities, SI System of Units, External Loads.
2- Simple Stresses: Normal Stress, Shear Stress, Bearing Stress, Bending Stress and Torsion Stress, Properties of Cross Sections: Area, Area Centroid, Second and Polar Moment of Area.
3- Strain: Simple Strain, Stress-strain Diagram, Modulus of Elasticity, Axial Deformation, Shearing Deformation, Poisson's Ratio.
4- Normal, Shear and Moment Stresses in Beams: Types of load, Normal, Shear and Moment Diagrams.
6- Beam Deflections: Elastic Curve of the Beam.
Textbooks:
- Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection , K.G. Budinski, Prentice Hall.
- Strength of Materials: R.S. Khurmi, S Chand & Company LTD., 23rd Ed., 2008.
- www.thecartech.com
Grade Distribution:
Attendance 6 point
Home works 20 point
Quizzes 20 point
Participation 4 point
Mid-term exam I 15 point
Mid-term exam II 15 point
Final exam
20 point
Total 100 point
+ Additional work 3
General rules
Attendance:
· The student will be considered absent in a class after the teacher finishes taking the students attendance.
· The student will not be allowed to come into class after 20 minutes pass from the beginning of the class, unless he has a very good excuse.
· In case the student is absent three classes without official excuse he will not be permitted to attend the final exam.
· The student will be considered absent with excuse in case he brings an official excuse from the college administration.
· There will be two points’ deduction for each absence without permission.
· The student attendance should be in accordance with the college dress code.
Homework and homework report:
The homework and homework report should follow the following instructions and rules:
· The homework report should be written on one face of A4 papers.
· The homework should be handwritten in pencil and the use of a computer will not be allowed unless otherwise stated.
· The exercise number and heading should be written before the answer.
· When writing the answer you should start by writing the formula used firs followed by your answer.
· The units used should be included in the final answer.
· The homework should have a cover having all the information needed and the report should be stapled.
· The homework should be handed in the beginning of the class on the assigned date.
· The homework that does not follow these rules will not be taken into consideration.
The mid term exams:
· In case the student misses one of the mid term exams without official excuse (permit), he will not have another exam and his grade in this exam will be null.
· In case the student misses one of the mid term exams with official excuse, the teacher of the course will take what he sees fit to evaluate the student.
· In case the student gets a low grade in the mid term exam, he will not have another chance or a make-up exam.
· The student should bring all the necessary tools needed for the exam (calculator, pencil, ….etc.)