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CE6402 Strength of Materials (SOM) Syllabus

UNIT I ENERGY PRINCIPLES                    

Strain energy and strain energy density – strain energy due to axial load, shear, flexure and torsion – Castigliano‟s  theorems – Maxwell‟s  reciprocal  theorems  –  Principle of virtual work – application of energy theorems for computing deflections in beams and trusses  – Williot Mohr’s Diagram.

UNIT II  INDETERMINATE BEAMS                                          

Concept of Analysis – Propped cantilever and fixed beams-fixed end moments and reactions –  Theorem of three moments – analysis of continuous beams – shear force and bending moment diagrams.

UNIT III COLUMNS AND CYLINDER                                           

Euler‟s theory of long columns – critical loads for prismatic columns with different end conditions; Rankine-Gordon formula for eccentrically loaded columns – Eccentrically loaded short columns – middle third rule – core section – Thick cylinders – Compound cylinders.

UNIT IV STATE OF STRESS IN THREE DIMENSIONS                           

Determination of principal stresses and principal planes – Volumetric strain –Theories of failure – Principal stress – Principal strain – shear stress – Strain energy and distortion energy theories – application in analysis of stress, load carrying capacity.

UNIT V ADVANCED TOPICS IN BENDING OF BEAMS                          

Unsymmetrical bending of beams of symmetrical and unsymmetrical sections – Shear Centre – curved beams – Winkler Bach formula.

CE6402 Strength of Materials (SOM) Question Papers Collections

• Last 5 Years Anna University Question Papers Collection – DOWNLOAD

• Collection 2 – DOWNLOAD

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