Basic Mechanics of Structures
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The official GTU curriculum for Basic Mechanics of Structures (subject code DI03013061) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 3 divides the course into 6 units, covering 42 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 (DI03013061)Unit 1 Direct Stress & Strain
- 1.1 Direct stress
- Linear strain
- Elastic limit
- Hook’s law, Modulus of Elasticity or Young’s modulus
- Stress Strain curve for mild steel bar under tension with numerical problems. 1.2 Lateral stress and strain
- Poisson’s ratio
- Volumetric strain
- Bulk modulus
- relation between three moduli and numericals. 1.3 Basics Concepts of Shear Stress
- Shear Strain & Modulus of rigidity
Unit 2 Moment of Inertia
- Importance of Moment of Inertia. 2.2
- Axis of symmetry
- Centroidal axis and axis of reference. 2.3
- Parallel Axis Theorem & Perpendicular Axis Theorem 2.4
- Formulas to calculate Moment of Inertia of solid and hollow rectangle
- triangle shapes (without derivations). 2.5
- Moment of Inertia of symmetrical and asymmetrical I-section
- Channel section
- T-section and Angle section about Centroidal axis using Parallel axis theorem. 2.6
- Polar Moment of Inertia of solid & hollow circular sections
Unit 3 S.F. & B. M. in Beam
- 3.1 Statically Determinate and statically indeterminate beam examples. 3.2 Concept of Bending Moment and Shear Force in beam. 3.3 Sagging and Hogging Bending Moment
- Positive and Negative Shear Force. 3.4 Calculation of Bending Moment and Shear Force at various sections of cantilever and simply supported beam subjected to point load and/ or u.d.l. 3.5 S.F. & B.M
- Diagram for above beams
Unit 4 Bending & Shear Stress in Beam
- 4.1 Concept and theory of pure bending
- Bending equation (without derivation)
- Section Modulus
- Bending stresses and their nature
- Bending stress distribution diagram. 4.2 Concept of moment of resistance and simple numerical problems using bending equation. 4.3 Shear stress equation (without derivation)
- relation between maximum and average Shear stress for rectangular and circular section
- Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Environmental Engineering Course / Subject Code : DI03013061 Course / Subject Name : Basic Mechanics of Structures 4.4 Shear stress distribution for square
- hollow square
- angle sections
- channel section
- Simple numerical problems based on Shear equation
Unit 5 Slope and Deflection
- 5.1 Concept of Slope & Deflection of beams. 5.2 Flexural rigidity and its significance. 5.3 Formulas (without derivation) of maximum slope & deflection for cantilever beams subjected to point load at free end and u.d.l
- Over the entire span. 5.4 Formulas (without derivation) of maximum slope & deflection for simply supported beams subjected to point load at center and u.d.l. over the entire span
Unit 6 Column & Strut
- 6.1 Column and Strut
- radius of gyration
- slenderness ratio
- Short Column and Long Column. 6.2 End conditions & effective length of column
- Mode of failure in column. 6.3 The limitations of Euler’s theory for short column
- Euler’s formula for crippling load of long columns and numericals. 6.4 Rankin’s formula for buckling load of short & long columns and numericals
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