Course Details

1	Title of the course (L-T-P-C)	Solid Mechanics Lab (0-0-3-3)
2	Pre-requisite courses(s)
3	Course content	List of Experiments: Calibration of photoelastic material using a disk under diametral compression, a beam under four-point bending and an uni-axial tensile specimen; and SCF evaluation in a circular ring, acrane hook and a plate with hole. Stresses in thin pressure vessels using strain gauges; Deflection of curved beams – a ring, a semi-circular ring, a quadrant and an angular davit Stability of columns – To evaluate the buckling load for different materials (Steel, Copper,Aluminium and Brass) under different end conditions (Hinge-Hinge and Hinge- fixed condition) Hardness test – Rockwell, Vickers and Brinell Hardness test Impact testing machine: Izod and Charpy test Torsion testing machine Tests of UTM: Tension (Ductile and Brittle), compression (brittle and ductile), bending ofbeam, leaf spring characteristics
4	Texts/References	S. Crandall, N. Dahl, S. Lardner, An Introduction to Mechanics of Solids, Tata MG Hill, 2012. E.P. Popov, Engineering Mechanics of Solids, Prentice Hall, 2012. Gere abd Goodno, Mechanics of Materials, 7th ed., Cengage Learning India. 2012.Gere and Timoshenko, Mechanical of Materials, CBS Publishers, 1986.

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