BALOCHISTAN UNIVERSITY OF

ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY KHUZDAR

Civil Engineering Department

Subject: Mechanics of Solids-II Code: 322 Semester: Sixth

Teacher’s Name: Dr. Salah Uddin

Syllabus of the subject

Course Outline:
Stress Analysis: Analysis of Stress and Strain at a point due to combined effect of axial
force, shear force, bending and twisting moment. Mohr’s circle for stress and strain,
relationships between elastic constants, strain rosette solution.
Introduction to Theory of Elasticity: Stress tensor, plane stress and plane strain problems
and formulation of stress function.
Theory of Yielding/Failure (Plastic Limit Analysis): for ductile and brittle materials.
Cylinders: Thin, Thick and Compound Cylinders
Column: Stability of columns, conditions of equilibrium, eccentrically loaded columns,
initially imperfect columns.
Flat Plates: Introduction, Stress Resultants in a flat plate, strain displacement Relations,
Stress-strain-temperature relation of isotropic elastic plates, Strain Energy of plate,
Solution of rectangular and circular problems Bending and Buckling of plates.
Curved Beams: Introduction to circumferential and radial stresses in curved beams,
Correction of Circumferential Stress in curved beams having I, T-cross section,
Unsymmetrical bending, Deflection of curved beams.
Torsion of Thin Walled Tubes and Non-Circular Members: Saint Venant’s semi
inverse method, Prandtel’s Elastic Membrane Analogy, Narrow Rectangular Cross-section,
Hollow Thin Walled Torsion Members.
Fatigue: Fatigue due to cyclic loading, Discontinuities and Stress Concentration,
Corrosion Fatigue, Low Cyclic Fatigue and ɛ-N relations.

Course Breakup
WEEK 1
Lectures Topics
Lect #1 Analysis of Stress and Strains at a Point due to combined effect axial force,
shear force and bending moment
Lect #2
WEEK 2
Lectures Topics
Lect #1 Analysis of Stress and Strains at a Point due to combined effect axial force,
Lect #2 shear force and bending moment

WEEK 3
Lectures Topics
Lect #1 Analysis of Stress and Strains at a Point due to combined effect axial force,
Lect #2 shear force and bending moment

WEEK 4
Lectures Topics
Lect #1 Mohr’s Circle for Stress and Strains
Lect #2
Assignment to be given during first four (4) weeks of teaching.
Assignment # 1. __________
WEEK 5
1
Lectures Topics
Lect #1 Mohr’s Circle for Stress and Strains
Lect #2
WEEK 6
Lectures Topics
Lect #1 Relationship between elastic constants, Strain Rossette Solution
Lect #2
WEEK 7
Lectures Topics
Lect #1 Curved Beams
Lect #2
WEEK 8
Lectures Topics
Lect #1 Curved Beams
Lect #2

1st Surprise Tests to be Conducted (date) ______________(should be conducted during 5-7 Week)
Mid Term Test :

Assignment to be given during 5th -8th weeks of teaching.

Assignment # 2. ___

WEEK 9
Lectures Topics
Lect # Theory of Yielding/Failure (Plastic Limit Analysis)
Lect #
WEEK 10
Lectures Topics
Lect # Cylinders
Lect #
WEEK 11
Lectures Topics
Lect # Cylinders
Lect #
WEEK 12
Lectures Topics
Lect # Column
Lect #

Assignment to be given during 9th -12th weeks of teaching.

Assignment # 3. ___

WEEK 13
Lectures Topics
Lect # Column
Lect #
WEEK 14
Lectures Topics
Lect # Torsion of Thin Walled Tubes and Non-Circular Members
Lect #
WEEK 15
Lectures Topics
Lect # Fatigue
Lect #
WEEK 16
Lectures Topics
2
 Lect # Flat Plates
Lect #

2nd Surprise Tests to be Conducted (date) ______________(should be conducted during 13 th -15th

Weeks)
Assignment to be given during 12th -16th weeks of teaching.
Assignment # 4. ___
Final Semester Examination

Signature of subject teacher

Note: At least two assignments must be given during the whole semester and two Surprise tests must be conducted
before and after the mid-term examination respectively.