Carleton University · MECT 3201

Solid Mechanics

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Review of Principles of Statics; concepts of stress/strain; statically determinate/indeterminate systems, torsion of circular sections; bending moment, shear force diagrams; stresses and deflections in bending; complex stresses, criteria of yielding; stress and strain transformations; energy methods; basics of elementary theory of elasticity.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): ECOR 1033 and MATH 1004 .

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): ECOR 1033 and MATH 1004 .
  • 3 hours lecture a week, 3 hours laboratory a week.
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Review of Principles of Statics; concepts of stress/strain; statically determinate/indeterminate systems, torsion of circular sections; bending moment, shear force diagrams; stresses and deflections in bending; complex stresses, criteria of yielding; stress and strain transformations; energy methods; basics of elementary theory of elasticity.

  • Prerequisite(s): ECOR 1033 and MATH 1004 .
  • 3 hours lecture a week, 3 hours laboratory a week.

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