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93252 Mechanics of Materials
Danish title: Elementær mekanik

Type: Å, Language: D
Credit points: 5 point
Offered by: Department of Applied Civil and Environmental Engineering (IABM)
Prerequisite: 93101. 93111. 93251, 93201
Recommended semester: 2nd semester
Examination: Written exam (13 point scale )
Contact person: Niels Holck, IABM, Building 373, Tel. +45 4525 5127
Aim: To enable the students to understand and apply fundamental principles and computational methods used in structural analysis of elastic beam and frame structures.
Contents: Plane stress and strain fields, Mohr's circle, equilibrium and compatibility, Hookes law. Elastic beams, strain and stress distribution, Navier's formula, Grashofs formula, principle of virtual work, deflections. Torsion, strain and stress distribution. Statically indeterminate structures, the force method, the displacement method. The finite element method for plane frames.