Course Catalog 2006-2007

TME-1306 STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, 5 cr
Strength of Materials

Courses persons responsible
Tapio Salmi

Lecturers
Jussi Jalkanen

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
Student knows the basic concepts of Strength of Materials and is able to analyse simple structures. More over student knows the fundamentals of fatique analysis.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Basic concepts of Strength of Materials. The stress-strain relation of linearly elastic material. Axial tension or compression of a straight bar, shear and bending of a straight beam. Deflection of a beam. Torsion of a bar. Buckling of a compressed bar. General state of stress and strain at material points of a body. Fundamentals of fatique analysis.       

Requirements for completing the course
Approved exercises and individual works. Two intermediate exams or 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
    Book Lujuusopin perusteet Hannu Outinen, Tapio Salmi 952-9835-67-4   4 th edition Yes  Finnish 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TME-1100 TME-1100 Statics of Rigid Bodies 4 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 63
    Exercises 60
    Assignments 11
    Total sum 134

    Correspondence of content
    TME-1300 Strength of Materials

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    Last modified 20.04.2006
    Modified byTapio Salmi