Strength of Materials (SOM) - Notes, Tutorials

Introduction/Review of Statics, Stress, Stress, Mechanical Properties of Materials, Transformation of Stress, Axial Load, Transformation of Strain, Torsion, Beam Bending, Bending of 'Composite ' Beams, Transverse Shear, Combined Loadings, Deflections of Beams and Shafts

Strength of Materials (SOM)

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• Material Properties: Strength of Material - Simple Compression Studies, Plasticity and Adiabatic Shear Bands, Metastable Phases, Phase-Change Measurements, Rear-Surface Studies etc.

• Material Selection Guide - Abbreviations and Acronyms, Metals,Plastics, Coefficient of Friction Testing, Compressive Strength Testing, Deflection Temperature Testing, Metal Matrix Composites, Plastic Recycling Codes etc

• Torsion Definitions - Dictionary meaning of word Torsion

• Cast Iron - Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but can mean any of a group of iron-based alloys containing more than 2% carbon ... read more

• The Basics of Torsion Mechanics - The general principle of inertia as a generalization of Newton's mechanics, Torsion Interactions, Torsion mechanics as a generalization of Einstein's mechanics

• SOM Syllabus - Strength of Materials Syllabus

• A Study on Controlled Low Strength Material - The aim of this research is to address CLSM's engineering properties and chemical resistance. Various tests were done to quantify the workability, strength and chemical resistance.

• Steel Terms and Definitions - Brinell Hardness, Yield Strength, Tensile Strength, Hi-Tensile Steel, Corten Steel, Domex Steel, T-1 Steel, AR 400 Steel

• Flexural Strength and Modulus of Polymers - Flexural Strength Testing of Plastics, Typical Flexural Strength and Flexural Modulus of Polymers

• Allowable Strength - Safety Factors, Shear Stresses, Thermal Stresses, Material Properties, Buckling Stress, Oscillating Stresses, Impact Strength

• Structural Joints - Fastener Quality Standards, Fastener Assembly, Welded Joints, Shear Loads (bolted joints), Screw Joints, Fastener Locking etc

• Analysis of Stress - State of Stress at a Point, Principal Stresses and Directions, Maximum Shear Stresses and Directions, Mohr's Circles, The Maximum Normal Stress Theory, The Maximum Shear Stress Theory etc

• Strength Of Materials - A to Z - Alphabetical listing of terminologies used in SOM

• Shear Strength - Shear strength Laboratory tests

• Plane Shear Flow of Cohesive Granular Materials - Article

• Principal Stress Calculator - Calculator Introduction, Equations behind the Calculator. The same page has links to Plane Strain Transform Calculator, Elastic Constant Converter and Plane Stress Transform Calculator

  
  
  

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• Materials for young's modulus - Young's modulus formula for most of the materials

• Strength of Materials Video - Learning strengths has never been easier than with streaming video.

• Strength of Materials Basic - Modules of elasticity, Yield Strength, Bending stress etc

• Calculation of young's modulus - Online calculator to calculate young's modulus

• Materials and Formulae Page - Formulae, tables, converters specific to materials

• Poisson's Ratio - Poisson's ratio is a measure of the simultaneous change in elongation and in cross-sectional area within the elastic range during a tensile or compressive test.

• How Force, Power, Torque and Energy Work - How Force, Power, Torque and Energy Work

• Torque - Units, Moment arm formula, Static equilibrium, Force at an angle, Relationship between torque and power

• Eformulae - Strength of Materials - Stress, Strain, Hooke's Law, Piosson's Ratio, Unit Volume Change, Elongation due to its weight, Thin Rings, Strain Energy, Mohr's Circle for Biaxial Stress, Torsion formula for Thin walled tubes, Torsion formula for Circular Shafts, Flexure Formula, Shear Stress In Bending, Thin-Walled Hollow Members (Tubes), Stress Concentration, Curved Beam in Pure Bending

• Angle of Twist - Torsion: Deformation - Angle of Twist

Strength of Materials (SOM) Books

1. Schaum's Outline of Statics and Strength of Materials by by John H. Jackson
2. Problem Solver in Strength of Materials and Mechanics of Solids by James R. Ogden
3. Advanced Mechanics of Materials by Robert Cook
4. Practical Stress Analysis in Engineering Design by Alexander Blake
5. Advanced Strength of Materials by J. P. Den Hartog
6. Practical Stress Analysis in Engineering Design by Alexander Blake
7. Mechanics of Materials by James M. Gere
8. Advanced Mechanics of Materials by Richard J. Schmidt, Arthur P. Boresi
9. Mechanics of Materials by Anthony Bedford, Kenneth M. Liechti
10. Applied Statics and Strength of Materials (3rd Edition) by Leonard Spiegel, George F. Limbrunner
11. Strength of Materials and Mechanics of Solids Problem Solver by James Ogden