PHYS 215 - Mechanics of Materials

Credits: 3
Also offered as: CE 215 or ME 215.

Concepts of stress and strain, stress-strain relationships, states of plane stress and strain at a point; elementary analysis of stress distributions and deformations for axial loading of prismatic members, torsional loading of circular shafts and bending of beams, combined loading, plastic elastic action, and an introduction to statically indeterminate problems.

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 109.