EGR 228 Introduction to Solid Mechanics

Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Clinic: 0 Credits: 3

This course provides an introduction to engineering theory of deformable solids and applications. Topics include stress and deformation resulting from axial, torsion, and bending loads; shear and moment diagrams; Mohr’s circle of stress; and strain and buckling of columns. Upon completion, students should be able to analyze solids subject to various forces and design systems using a variety of materials.

This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA as a premajor and/or elective course requirement.

Pre-requisite(s): EGR 220 .
Course is typically offered in Spring.
Course has transfer restrictions - 20 years

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At the completion of the course, the students should be able to do the following:

Interpret the concepts of stress and strain by analysis of solids and structures.
Identify engineering properties of materials, force-deformation, and stress-strain relationship.
Describe fundamental principles of equilibrium, compatibility, force-deformation relationship, and principle of superposition in linear solids and structures.
Analyze determinate and indeterminate axial members, torsional members, and beams, and determinate trusses to determine axial forces, torque, shear forces, and bending moments.
Determine stress and strain deformation of bars, trusses, and beams.
Determine stress and strain transformation of bars, trusses, and beams.
Apply the concept of buckling to solve problems related to isolated bars.