| Course Name | Theory of Elasticity |
| Course Code | 15MEC242 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering |
| Year Taught | 2019 |
Analysis of Stress and Strain: Stress at a point; stress tensor; stress transformations; principal stresses; octahedral stress; geometrical representation of stress at a point; equations of equilibrium.
Infinitesimal affine transformation for deformation; strain tensor; principal strains; strain-displacement relations for finite and infinitesimal strains; compatibility conditions. Constitutive Equations:General theory; generalized Hooke’s law for anisotropic and isotropic materials.
Equations of Elasticity: Common equations of elasticity theory like Mitchel-Beltrami and Navier equations, formulation of the general elasticity problem; boundary conditions.
Solution of Some Special Boundary Value Problems: Simplifications; two-dimensional problems in rectangular and polar coordinates; Airy’s stress function; a few problems like stress concentration around a circular hole and Boussinesq problem.
A few representative three-dimensional problems; torsion and bending of noncircular prismatic bars (Saint-Venant’s solution); membrane analogy, Simple Plate bending.
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