Study Guide

Objective

After this course, you can:
Combine force systems to resultants and resolve forces into their components
Define forces that are affecting to bodies in static equilibrium
Define internal forces and moments in bodies
Analyze centers of gravity in bodies and structures
Dimension structures that are stressed by normal-, shear, bending or torsion
Dimension structures against buckling
Design structures that are resistant to fatigue

Content

How can I manipulate forces with the basic laws of mechanics?
What kind of forces affect to bodies that are in static equilibrium?
How do the forces stress components internally?
How do I form a free-body diagram?
How do I dimension structures that are stressed with various type of loading
Does the structure that I design withstand the forces that will be affecting to it?
How to select correct material regarding the stresses in the structures?
How to calculate stresses in structures?
How to communicate in the future with correct terms with structural mechanics professionals.

Materials

Mainly material that is distributed in lectures and in Moodle.
Tukeva materiaali:
Outinen: Statiikka 1&2
Salmi: Lujuusoppi

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
In lectures you will learn theory on the subject and do excercises, which are then collectively reviewed.

Independent track:
If you are working a company that is in the similar industry, you can make a a larger development project within your company, which is graded and replaces the excercises within the course. Additionally you have to take the tests in the course. Please contact the lecturer on the start of the course.

Employer connections

• “This course does not include RDI and work-related cooperation.”

Exam schedules

Exams to upgrade grading must be taken within one year from the end of the course. These exams are to be taken in predetermined days, which are given in the first lecture.

Student workload

Active participation in teaching (2h/wk) and excercises done in home (2h/wk)

Further information

Participation in first classroom lecture is mandatory. If student can't participate for some good reason He/She must contact the teacher before the first lecture.
More detailed description and schedule of the course will be told in the first lecture.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Grading will be based on the weekly excercices, that will be done in home and to midterm exam (statics) plus final exam (Strength of materials).
Alternatively one can take single paper exam (0-5)