Department of Mechanical Engineering

ME 208 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Mechanics of Materials

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
ME 208	SPRING	2	2	3	5

Prerequisites	ME 205 To get a grade of at least DD or CIVE 201 To get a grade of at least DD or ME 211 To get a grade of at least DD or CIVE 219 To get a grade of at least DD
Course Language	English
Course Type	Required (Core Course)
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	Face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Lecture / Presentation Q & A Problem solving
National Occupational Classification Code	-
Course Coordinator	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yiğit Erçayhan
Course Lecturer(s)	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yiğit Erçayhan
Assistant(s)	Araş. Gör. Latif Tibet Aktaş

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to introduce fundamentals of mechanics of materials, to teach the analysis of stress, and strain for simple and combined loadings and their use in mechanical design.

Learning Outcomes

The students who succeeded in this course;

Name	Description	PC Sub	* Contribution Level
Name	Description	PC Sub	1	2	3	4	5
LO1	The students who succeeded in this course will be able to; distinguish between two fundamental types of stress.				X
LO2	Calculate different types of stress resulting from inner actions .				X
LO3	Show Principal Stresses and Planes				X
LO4	Analyze the stability of columns and beams			X
LO5	Calculate the stresses in the elements used in engineering structures by utilizing various fracture hypotheses.			X
LO6	Design experiments that measure the strains that may occur in structures under various loads.			X

Course Description

This course covers the concepts of stress and strain, material behavior, axial strain, thermal deformations, torsion, plane bending, oblique bending, elastic curve, buckling of columns, plane stress and strain states, strain energy, fracture hypotheses, structural element analysis under combined strains.

Related Sustainable Development Goals

14, 13

Course Category	Core Courses	X
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Managment Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Required Materials	Learning Outcome
1	Introduction, principles and foundations of mechanics of materials	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 1	LO1
2	Concepts of stress and strain, Hooke’s law	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 2	LO1
3	Concepts of stress and strain, Hooke’s law	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 2	LO6
4	Axial loading	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 2	LO2
5	Torsion	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 3	LO2
6	Bending	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 4	LO2
7	Bending	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 5	LO4
8	Midterm		-
9	Bending and shear stress	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 6	LO4
10	Elastic curve, integration method	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill,, Chapter 9	LO4
11	Stability of columns, Euler buckling	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill,, Chapter 10	LO4
12	2-D state of stress, Mohr’s circle	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 7	LO5
13	Failure hypotheses	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 7	LO5
14	Combined loading	Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 8	LO2
15	Review of semester		LO5
16	Final Exam		-

Course Notes/Textbooks	Mechanics of Materials 5th Edition Ferdinand P. Beer E. Russel Johnston Jr. John T. DeWolf David Mazurek 2009 McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978–0–07–352938–7
Suggested Readings/Materials	D. Gross W. Hauger J. Schröder W. A. Wall J. Bonet. Engineering Mechanics 2: Mechanics of Materials. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011. ISBN 978-3-642-12885-1 / M. İnan. Strength of Materials (çev. Sedat Sami). İTÜ Vakfı Yayınları 2019. ISBN: 978-605-9581-15-8

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weighting	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5	LO6
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	1	10			X	X	X
Homework / Assignments	1	10	X					X
Midterm	1	40	X	X
Final Exam	1	40		X	X	X	X	X
Total	4	100

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Participation	-	-	-
Theoretical Course Hours	16	2	32
Laboratory / Application Hours	16	2	32
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Field Work	-	-	-
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	1	6	6
Portfolio	-	-	-
Homework / Assignments	1	6	6
Presentation / Jury	-	-	-
Project	-	-	-
Seminar / Workshop	-	-	-
Oral Exams	-	-	-
Midterms	1	20	20
Final Exam	1	26	26
		Total	150

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
			1	2	3	4	5
No program competency data found.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

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