Course: EN175 –
Advanced Mechanics of Solids
Designation:
Required for mechanical engineering
concentrators specializing in Mechanical
Systems or Engineering Mechanics; elective
for all others
Instructor:
Professor Pradeep Guduru
ABET Course Outcomes
Course Description:
Continuum Mechanics of Solids and its application to the mechanical response of
machine and structural elements. Elasticity,
plasticity and fracture criteria. Elastic stress and analysis in torsion, plane stress and
plane strain, stress concentrations. Fracture
mechanics, principle of virtual work and variational theorems.
Finite element method. Theorems
of plastic limit analysis.
Prerequisite:
EN31.
Texts:
Electronic text http://www.engin.brown.edu/courses/en175;
7 books were provided as reference.
Class Schedule:
2x120 min lectures each week; computer projects by arrangement
Topics Covered
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to Finite Element Analysis using ABAQUS
3. Mathematical Preliminaries
4. Kinematics
5. Kinetics
6. Introduction to Linear Elasticity
7. Energy Methods for Elastic Solids
8. Theory of the Finite Element Method
9. Plasticity
Laboratory:
None
Design Project:
Mandatory finite element analysis project; topics selected by students subject
to instructor approval. Oral and written report required.
Relation to
Mechanical Engineering Program Outcomes:
Contributes to
ABET outcomes (a), (c), (e), (g), (k).
Addresses
specialized outcomes ME.aero.iv; ME.bio.v; ME.ener.iv; ME.em.iii;
ME.syst.ii;
Course Goals:
On
completion of EN175, students shall
1. Understand the mathematical and physical foundations
of the continuum mechanics of solids, including deformation and stress measures;
constitutive relations; failure criteria; have the ability to pose and solve
boundary value problems involving deformable solids; and understand the basis
for numerical methods in solid mechanics.
2. Be proficient in the use of a modern finite element
analysis program (ABAQUS/CAE) for analyzing stress, deformation and failure in
components, assemblies and structures.
3. Possess
the ability to apply the principles of solid mechanics to solve engineering
problems and to design systems or components to meet desired needs; including
(a) to idealize a system or component for the purposes of stress analysis; (b)
to use appropriate numerical and analytical techniques to model the system (c)
to interpret and draw appropriate conclusions from the results and (d) present
results and conclusions clearly in the written and oral presentations.
Professionalism
Component: Engineering Topics.