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CIVL 231  Solid Mechanics II  Units: 4.50  
Shear and bending moment diagrams; Moment-area method; Introduction to statically indeterminate structures; Virtual work for beams and frames (determinate and indeterminate); Stress review, transformed sections, and combined loading; Stress-strain transformation (including Mohr's circle); Failure theories.
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0.5, Tut: 1)
Requirements: Prerequisites: CIVL 230 Corequisites: Exclusions:   
Offering Term: W  
CEAB Units:    
Mathematics 0  
Natural Sciences 0  
Complementary Studies 0  
Engineering Science 54  
Engineering Design 0  
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Employ free body diagrams as a tool to identify unknown forces.
  2. Calculate unknown forces using equations of equilibrium.
  3. Solve for deflections using the moment-area method.
  4. Solve statically indeterminate frames using the force method.
  5. Explain how thermal loading affects the loads, stresses, and deflections of a structure.
  6. Calculate deflections and rotations of beams and frames (determinate and indeterminate).
  7. Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams for statically indeterminate structures.
  8. Select the appropriate stress equation for the member being analyzed.
  9. Calculate the stress in a section made of a composite material.
  10. Given a combined loading scenario, calculate the maximum reaction forces and stresses on a structure.
  11. Given a set of stresses, calculate the critical stresses acting on a given cross section.
  12. Given a set of stresses, apply failure theories to determine if a structure made of a given material (concrete, steel, FRPs) is fit for purpose.
  13. Calculate the magnification factor associated with dynamic loads acting on a structure (impact loading).