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Strength of Materials
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: 1/16/25 - 6/4/25
Strength of Materials
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Mechanical Engineering
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 14815
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Mechanics of Structures, Elasticity
DESCRIPTION
1. PART 1: STRESSES IN PRISMATIC ELEMENTS
1.1. Normal stresses: axial force and bending moment
1.2. Shear stresses: shear force and torsion
PART 2: MOVEMENTS IN PRISMATIC ELEMENTS
2.1. Navier-Bresse equations
2.2. Mohr theorems
2.3. Equation of the Elastica
PART 3: ENERGETIC THEOREMS
3.1. Work of the extrenal forces
3.2. Elastic energy stored in the prismatic element
3.3. Maxwell-Betti theorem
3.4. First Castigliano theorem. Applications
PART 4: SOLVING STATICALLY INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES
4.1. Fundamentals of structural analysis
4.2. Beams
4.3. Truss structures
4.4. Frame structures
1.1. Normal stresses: axial force and bending moment
1.2. Shear stresses: shear force and torsion
PART 2: MOVEMENTS IN PRISMATIC ELEMENTS
2.1. Navier-Bresse equations
2.2. Mohr theorems
2.3. Equation of the Elastica
PART 3: ENERGETIC THEOREMS
3.1. Work of the extrenal forces
3.2. Elastic energy stored in the prismatic element
3.3. Maxwell-Betti theorem
3.4. First Castigliano theorem. Applications
PART 4: SOLVING STATICALLY INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES
4.1. Fundamentals of structural analysis
4.2. Beams
4.3. Truss structures
4.4. Frame structures