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CIVIL 221 - Strength of Materials

3 credits

General principles of stress analysis; riveted and welded connections; thermal stress and strain; Poisson’s Ratio; biaxial and triaxial stress and strain; two material members; thin-walled pressure vessels; torsion and power transmission systems; shear and moment equations and diagrams; beam stresses and design; beam deflection using double integration and area-movement methods; column stresses and design; Mohr’s Circle.

Prerequisites: MATH 181 - Calculus 1  and PHYSC 121 - Engineering Physics 1 (and Lab)