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Strength of materials (5 cr)

Code: 5031284-3017

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 31.01.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 26.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Construction and Municipal Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Mechanical and Production Engineering

Teachers

  • Kalevi Vesterinen

Groups

  • MRAKIS22

Objective

After completing the course the student:
- Understands the meaning of the strength analysis with respect to safety of structures and in economical use of materials.
- Can design relatively simple structures where the force quantities can be evaluated by means of statics equilibrium.

Content

- Stresses and deformations in axially loaded members
- Pure shear stresses in pins and screws
- Stress section modulus, shear stress and twisting angle in torque shafts.
- Force and moment diagrams in beam bending
- Stress section modulus and bending stress in beam bending
- Shear stresses in beam bending

Evaluation scale

H-5