MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMET OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES

ES 224 – STRENGTH OF MATERILAS / SECTION 01

COURSE OUTLINE: SPRING 2018

Instructor
Dr. Ahmet N. Eraslan
Professor of engineering Sciences
Office MM 604; Phone 2380

Assistants
Saeideh Nazırzadeh, Office MM 502, Phone 2386,
Gamze Çakır, Office MM 601, Phone 2395

Classroom Hours (3 hours/week)

Monday 9:40 – 12:30 (3 hours) MM125

Course Description
Internal forces, stress, strain and their relations, stresses and deformations under axial and torsional loading, indeterminate
problems, stresses and deformations in flexural members, column analysis, introduction to member design.

Textbook
Beer, F., Johnston, Jr. E.R., DeWolf, J. and Mazurek, D., Mechanics of Materials, 7th Edition in SI Units, McGraw-Hill
Education, 2015.

Objectives
To introduce the basic principles of stress and strain, the deformability of elastic bodies due to axial, torsional and flexural
loadings, the fundamentals of beam theory and its applications, and the principles of member failure and design.

Grading:
Based on a weighted average of attendance, midterm exams and a final exam. Approximate grade distribution is as the
following.
 Attendance 5 %
 Midterm exam 1 25 %
 Midterm Exam 2 30 %
 Final exam 40 %
Letter grades will be assigned according to university grading system written in the university catalog.

Examination Schedule:
 Midterm Exam 1 : March 23, 2018: 17:40
 Midterm Exam 2 : April 27, 2018: 17:40
 Final Exam : May 28, 2018: 17:00

Important Rules:
There is no makeup exam. Mobile phones and all other electronic equipment are turned off and cannot be used during classes
and exams. Digital calculators (Casio fx-991ES is recommended) are allowed in class room calculations and in exams. Do not
communicate with e-mail unless it is inevitable.

Course Outline:
1 – Introduction: The Concept of Stress,
2 – Stress and Strain: Axial loading,
3 – Torsion,
4 – Pure Bending,
5 – Transverse Loading,
6 – Transformations of Stress,
7 – Deflection of Beams.

References
 Goodno, B.J. and Gere, J.M., Mechanics of Materials, 9th Edition in SI, Cengage Learning, 2013.
 Beer, F.P., Johnson, Jr. E.R., Dewolf, J.T. and Mazurek D.F., Mechanics of Materials, 6th Edition in SI Units,
McGraw-Hill, 2012.
 Hibbeler, R.C., Statics and Mechanics of Materials, 3rd Edition in SI Units, Pearson, 2011.
 Beer, F.P., Johnson, Jr. E.R., Dewolf, J.T. and Mazurek D.F., Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition in SI Units,
McGraw-Hill, 2009.
 Hibbeler, R.C., Mechanics of Materials, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.

Course Website
(https://metuclass.metu.edu.tr)
All course materials including this outline and other figures/documents will be posted on METU-Class. Furthermore, important
announcements will be shared through METU-Class e-mail system.