Course Catalog 2006-2007

TME-2106 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS, 5 cr
Mechanics of Materials

Courses persons responsible
Simo Virtanen

Lecturers
Simo Virtanen

Language of Instruction
Exercises, course literature and exam in English available.

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 3 h/week 3 h/week 2 h/week - - -
Exercise 2 h/week 2 h/week 2 h/week - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
To give a general knowledge of different branches of Mechanics of Materials and to give the art of discussing the possibilities of materials and structures.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. State of stress and strain. Basic equations of linear elasticity theory. Constitutive relations of different materials. Introduction to finite element method. Introduction to plates and shells. Yield conditions for beams. Energy principles. Viscoelasticity. Introduction to fracture mechanics. Ceramic and composite structures.       

Requirements for completing the course
Exercises, team work and a written examination.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Passed final written examination or written intermediate examinations and accepted exercises.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Summary of lectures Lujuusopin perusteet II Simo Virtanen     Monistettavissa Yes  Finnish 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TME-1300 TME-1300 Strength of Materials 5 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 54 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 46 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 84
    Exercises 45
    Total sum 129

    Principles and starting points related to the instruction and learning of the course

  • Lectures will give deeply knowledge about the basic theory of Strength of Materials.

    • Correspondence of content
    TME-2100 Mechanics of Materials

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    Last modified 20.04.2006
    Modified byTapio Salmi