ADAMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CEng 2202 Strength of Materials

Course Outlines

2nd Semester 2023

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Table of Contents
General Information ........................................................................................................................ 3

Teaching Staff ............................................................................................................................. 3

Course Coordinator ..................................................................................................................... 3

Course Instructor ......................................................................................................................... 3

Course Overview ......................................................................................................................... 4

Course learning outcome ............................................................................................................. 4

Course Content................................................................................................................................ 5

Course Calendar .......................................................................................................................... 6

Instructional Method ................................................................................................................... 7

Assessment .................................................................................................................................. 7

Learning Resources ..................................................................................................................... 7

Textbook...................................................................................................................................... 7

Additional References ................................................................................................................. 7

Policies Grading Policy ............................................................................................................... 8

Pass requirements ........................................................................................................................ 8

Academic Integrity ...................................................................................................................... 8

Other Requirements..................................................................................................................... 9

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 General Information
Course code/Name: CEng 2202/Strength of materials

Section/Department: Section 1/Department of Civil Engineering

Year/Semester: Year 2, Semester II

Academic Year: 2023

Pre-requisite: Engineering mechanics (statics)

Co-requisite: Nil

Course schedule: Saturday 08:00AM-12:00AM

Credit Hour: ECTS 4/7

Teaching Staff
Course Coordinator
Name and Title: Wendimu Tolessa (MSC in Structural Engineering, CEng 2202)

E-mail: wendimutolessa@gmail.com

Telephone number: +251910209639

Consultation hour: Tuesday 9:00-11:00 & Thursday 10:00-12:00

Office (Block/Room): B-516/R-203

Course Instructor
Name and Title: Wendimu Tolessa (MSC in Structural Engineering, CEng 2202)

E-mail: wendimutolessa@gmail.com

Telephone number: +251910209639

Consultation hour: Tuesday 9:00-11:00 & Thursday 10:00-12:00

Office (Block/Room): B-516/R-203

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 Course Overview
Strength of materials, also called mechanics of materials, deals with the behavior of solid objects
subject to stresses and strains. The complete theory began with the consideration of the behavior
of one- and two-dimensional members of structures, whose states of stress can be approximated
as two dimensional, and was then generalized to three dimensions to develop a more complete
theory of the elastic and plastic behavior of materials. This course is a fundamental course which
makes the students acquainted with the concept of load resultant, consequences and how different
kinds of loadings can be withstood by different kinds of members with some specific materials
having different behaviors.

Course learning outcome

Graduate
At the end of the course the student will be able to do Attributes
Addressed
Define the concept of different stress, strain and the stress-
CLO1 strain relationships for different material under uniform and PLO 1
non-uniform cross sections
Calculate the principal stress and angles, maximum
CLO2 shearing stress and angles, and the stress acting on any PLO 2
arbitrary planes within a structural element.
Draw moment and bending and stress shear, shear stress
CLO3 diagrams for various loading and end conditions of beams PLO 3
and understand the concept of shear flow for composite
/built-up sections.
Calculate shear stresses due to torsion and design of
CLO4 circular bars or shafts PLO 4
Determine the failure loads of concentric and eccentric
CLO5 loaded columns PLO 5
Know about deflection and apply them in selecting the best
CLO6 suitable methods for calculating the deflections. PLO 6

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 Course Content
Chapter 1: Mechanical Properties of Materials

1.1.Introduction
1.2.Stress, strain, stress- strain relationship
1.3.Stress for uniform, tapered, Rectangular and circular sections
1.4.Allowable stress and factor of safety
1.5.Elastic constants and their derivatives for axial loaded members
1.6.Changes in Lengths of Axially Loaded Members
1.7.Changes in Lengths under Non Uniform Conditions
1.8.Modulus of rigidity, bulk modulus

Chapter 2: Compound Stress

2.1. Combined and plane stress

2.2. Analytical method

2.3. Graphical Method using Mohr’s circle

Chapter3: Bending and Shearing Stresses

3.1. Introduction to types of Beams, Loads and reactions

3.2. Relationship between Loads, Shear Forces and Bending Moments

3.3. Flexural Stresses in Beams

3.4. Derivation of Bending stress equation for composite materials

3.5. Shearing stresses in Beams

Chapter 4: Torsion of Circular Shafts & Power Transmission

1.1.Introduction
1.2.Derivations of torsional stress, Polar modulus
1.3.Strain energy due to torsion
1.4.Power transmitted by the shafts for hollow and solid

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Chapter 5: Buckling of Compression Members

5.1. Introduction to Effective length, radius of gyration, slenderness ratio

5.2. Euler’s theory, buckling and stability

5.3. Derivatives for different boundary conditions

Chapter 6: Deflection of Determinate Beams

6.1. Introduction to stability and determinacy

6.2. Deflection calculation in determinate beams

6.2.1. Direct integration method

6.2.2. Moment area method

6.2.3. Conjugate beam method

6.2.4. Virtual work method

6.2.5. Castiglianos Theorem

6.2.6. Betti’s Law and Maxwell’s Law of Reciprocal Deflections

Course Calendar
Weak Topic CLO Remark
1 Mechanical Properties of Materials CLO1
2 Mechanical Properties of Materials CLO1
3 Compound Stress CLO2
4 Bending and Shearing Stresses. CLO3
5 Bending and Shearing Stresses. CLO3
6 Mid Exam
7 Torsion of Circular Shafts & Power CLO4
Transmission
8 Buckling of Compression Members CLO5
9 Deflection of Determinate Beams CLO6

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 10 Deflection of Determinate Beams CLO6

11 Deflection of Determinate Beams CLO6

12 Final Exam
Instructional Method
The main teaching method will be based on lectures. Tutorials will be used to reinforce the course
material and to discuss the issues raised by the directed reading. During tutorial sessions, students
are encouraged to attempt the tutorial exercises independently and provide solutions.
Individual/Group assignments will be given to promote preparation for the upcoming lectures.
Group discussions are also encouraged during case study analysis.

Assessment
Task Weightage Week Due CLO Assessed
Quiz 5%

Tests 15%

1 Continuous assessment Mid Exam 10% 1,2,3,4,5,6

Assignment 1 5%

Assignment 2 5%

2 Final Exam Final Exam 50% 3,4,5,6

Learning Resources
Textbook
Beer and Johnson. Mechanics of Materials, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Additional References
1. Mechanics of Materials by Timoshenko
2. Popov, E.P. (1998) Engineering Mechanics of Solids 2nd Edition,
3. Morrov, H.I. & Kokernak, R.P. (2006), Statics and Strength of Materials, 6th Edition,
Prentice Hall.

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 4. Meriam, J.L. and Kraig, L.J. Engineering Mechanics (Statics), 6th Edition, Wiley & Sons,
2006.

Policies
Grading Policy
Grading of courses will be according to the university’s rules and regulation.
Examinations are graded and the letter grading system with corresponding points
shown below.

Marks Grade Letter Grade Points

[90,100] A+ 4.00
[85,90) A 4.00
[80,85) A- 3.75
[75,80) B+ 3.50
[70,75) B 3.00
[65,70) B- 2.75
[60,65) C+ 2.50
[50,60) C 2.00
<50 F 0.00
Pass requirements
To pass this course you must:

 Attempt all assessments.

 Must achieve greater than 40% in the final exam.

Academic Integrity
ASTU values academic integrity. Therefore, all students must understand the meaning and
consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student
Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures. Work submitted may be subjected to a plagiarism detection
process, which may include the use of systems such as 'Turn it in'.

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 Other Requirements
Minimum 80% during lecture and 100% during practical work sessions except for some un
precedence mishaps.

This course is one of the highly applicable course in industries. Students are expected to attend all
classes regularly and study from text books once the topic is discussed in classes. Students are
advised to prepare for classes by reading the available materials before coming to classes and
participate actively to enhance better understanding of the course and attain the learning outcomes.
There have been many reference books proposed for each topic which will be discussed in class.
Students are encouraged to read and prepare based on the additional materials. Students are
expected to update the development of the project on the weekly basis and report irregularities to
be sorted out at the earliest.

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