Stress Analysis
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The official GTU curriculum for Stress Analysis (subject code 2720912) as prescribed for M(D · Semester 2 divides the course into 4 units, covering 28 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2720912)Unit 1 Stress
- Surface forces and body forces
- Cartesian components of stress on small cubic element
- Stress at a point
- Stress equations of equilibrium
- Principal stresses
- Maximum shear stress
- Two dimensional state of stress
- Special cases: Pure shear stress
- Hydrostatic state of stress
- Strain equations of transformations
- Principal strain
Unit 2 Theory of Elasticity
- Elasticity problems in two dimensions - stress strain relationship for brittle materials
- ductile materials
- Compatibility equations in two and three dimensions
- Airy’s stress function
- Polar component of stress in terms of stress function free body diagram of complicated structures and stress calculations
- stress functions in rectangular and cylindrical coordinate systems
- evaluation of stresses in flat rectangular plates with different clamp and load conditions evaluation of the stresses in the flat and circular plate with center hole/holes using stress function
Unit 3 Theory of Plasticity
- Different criterions for three dimensional stress analysis using plasticity
- evaluation of stress concentration factors in different geometries using plasticity theorem
- practical problems on stress analysis for plasticity
- stress in the sharp groove of the shaft
- stress in the L shaped bracket under cantilever load
- strain rate effects on highly deformable materials and stress calculations
Unit 4 Plate bending
- Bending of plate to cylindrical surface
- bending of a long uniformly loaded rectangular plate
- pure bending in two perpendicular directions
- bending of ** Should be covered during practical sessions (10 hrs)
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