Strength of Materials

This course deals with basic mechanics of materials and is crucial in understanding mechanical behaviour and capacity of engineering materials.                                                                                                                                                             Objectives:

• To enable students evaluate behaviour of materials subjected to normal, shear, twisting and bending loads
• Expose students to derivation of stress transformation formulas and thus determine the principle stresses on any loaded element, and
• To enhance appreciation of the theory behind failure of ductile and brittle engineering materials.