| Course Name | Mechanics of Materials |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ME 208 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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| Course Language | English | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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;
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| Course Description | Concepts of stress and strain, material behavior, axial loading, thermal deformations, torsion, simple bending, unsymmetric bending, elastic curve, stability of columns, 2-D state of stress, states of deformation, strain energy, failure hypotheses, combined loadings. |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 3 | Axial loading | Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 2 |
| 4 | Torsion | Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 3 |
| 5 | Simple bending | Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 4 |
| 6 | Unsymmetric bending with normal force | Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 5 |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Elastic curve, Castigliano’s method | Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill,, Chapter 9 |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | States of deformation | Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 7 |
| 12 | Strain energy | Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 11 |
| 13 | Failure hypotheses | Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 7 |
| 14 | Combined loading | Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, Jr., J. T. DeWolf, D. Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, Chapter 8 |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russel Johnston, Jr., John T. DeWolf, David Mazurek, McGraw-Hill, |
| 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 M. İnan. Strength of Materials (çev. Sedat Sami). İTÜ Vakfı Yayınları, 2019. ISBN: 978-605-9581-15-8 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 2 | 20 |
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| Midterm | 1 | 40 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 2 | 6 | |
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| Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 26 | |
| Total | 150 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To have knowledge in Mathematics, science, physics knowledge based on mathematics; mathematics with multiple variables, differential equations, statistics, optimization and linear algebra; to be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge in complex engineering problems | |||||
| 2 | To be able to identify, define, formulate, and solve complex mechatronics engineering problems; to be able to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods for this purpose. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to design a complex electromechanical system, process, device or product with sensor, actuator, control, hardware, and software to meet specific requirements under realistic constraints and conditions; to be able to apply modern design methods for this purpose. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to develop, select and use modern techniques and tools necessary for the analysis and solution of complex problems encountered in Mechatronics Engineering applications; to be able to use information technologies effectively. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to design, conduct experiments, collect data, analyze and interpret results for investigating Mechatronics Engineering problems. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to work effectively in Mechatronics Engineering disciplinary and multidisciplinary teams; to be able to work individually. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to communicate effectively in Turkish, both in oral and written forms; to be able to author and comprehend written reports, to be able to prepare design and implementation reports, to present effectively, to be able to give and receive clear and comprehensible instructions. | |||||
| 8 | To have knowledge about global and social impact of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; to have knowledge about contemporary issues as they pertain to engineering; to be aware of the legal ramifications of engineering solutions. | |||||
| 9 | To be aware of ethical behavior, professional and ethical responsibility; information on standards used in engineering applications. | |||||
| 10 | To have knowledge about industrial practices such as project management, risk management and change management; to have awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation; to have knowledge about sustainable development. | |||||
| 11 | Using a foreign language, he collects information about Mechatronics Engineering and communicates with his colleagues. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) | |||||
| 12 | To be able to use the second foreign language at intermediate level. | |||||
| 13 | To recognize the need for lifelong learning; to be able to access information; to be able to follow developments in science and technology; to be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to Mechatronics Engineering. | |||||
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