| 41501 Strength of Materials |
| Danish title: Styrkelære 1 |
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Language: Danish ECTS-creditpoints: 5, External examination.
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Exam schedule:
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F2-B (maj 30 2002), E2-B (dec 13 2001) |
| Recommended semester: 1st - 4th semester |
| Scope and form: 1 module, lectures, problem solving |
| Evaluation: Written exam
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| Examination: 13-scale |
| Previous course: C7001, 70101 |
| Prerequisites: 01020 / 01021 / 01002 / 01003 / 01005.10002 / 10010 / 10011 / 10001 |
| No credit points with: C7001 / 70101 |
| Aim: To introduce the basic concepts and methods of strength of materials. To enable the student to deal with elementary problems concerning strength of structures. |
| Contents: Single forces. Moment of single forces. Force systems. The fundamental principle of statics. Projection on a line. Loading, reaction and sectional forces. Statically determinate and indeterminate structures. Uniaxial tensile testing. Hookes law for uniaxial stress. Simple, elastic beams. Beams made of composite materials. Euler columns. Skew bending. Hookes law for shearing. Torsion of bars and tubes with circular cross-section. Shear stress distribution in beams. The shear centre. The superposition principle. Simple, combined beam structures. Limit load for ideally plastic materials. |
| Contact: Viggo Tvergaard, building 404, (+45) 4525 4273, vit@mek.dtu.dk |
| Department: 041 Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Keywords: Statics, Beams, Elasticity, Structures, Limit Loads |
| Updated: 11-06-2001 |
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