2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Fundamentals of Mechanics of Materials A
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hirotsugu Inoue / Yu Kurokawa
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.S201
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course provides introductory concept and theory of Mechanics of Materials which is an engineering field deals with strength, rigidity and stability of materials and structures. Principal subjects are the concept of stress and strain, the theory of tension and compression of rods, the theory of torsion of shafts, and the theory of bending of beams. This course is provided in the lecture style but some simple homework is given every time to let students gain basic understandings of the subject.
The aims of this course are to learn basic concept and theory of Mechanics of Materials and to get basic ability to design and evaluate the strength and rigidity of simple structural elements.
Course description and aims
The goal of this course is to get basic ability to design and evaluate the strength and rigidity of simple structural elements such as:
(1) Rod subjected to tension and compression,
(2) Shaft subjected to torsion, and
(3) Beam subjected to bending.
Keywords
External Force, Internal Force, Stress, Strain, Young's modulus, Transverse Modulus of Elasticity, Hooke's law, Rod, Shaft, Torsinal Moment, Beam, Shering Force, Bending Moment
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
A 100-minute lecture and simple homework is given in each class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Stress and Strain | To learn the basic concept of stress and strain. |
| Class 2 | Strength and Rigidity of Materials | To learn the concept of strength and stiffness of materials. |
| Class 3 | Tension and Compression of Rods | To learn the theory of tension and compression of rods. |
| Class 4 | Statically Indeterminant Problems and Thermal Stress | To learn the solution of the statically indeterminant problems and thermal stress problems with respect to the tension and compression of rods. |
| Class 5 | Torsion of Shafts | To learn the theory of torsion of shafts. |
| Class 6 | Shearing Force and Bending Moment of Beams | To learn the equilibrium of force and moment acting on beams. |
| Class 7 | Bending Stress of Beams | To learn the theory of bending stress of beams. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
T. Koizumi (editor), H. Kasano, T. Hara and Y. Minakuchi, Fundamentals of Mechanics of Materials (Revised Edition), Yokendo (2014)
ISBN 978-4-8425-0523-7
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not specified. All the content of this course is included in the specified text so as to make the students possible to prepare and review before and after each class, respectively, by themselves.
Evaluation methods and criteria
The weights for the homework and the final examination are 10-20 % and 80-90 %, respectively. If the final exam cannot be conducted due to any problem, another homework may be imposed.
Related courses
- ARC.S202 ： Fundamentals of Mechanics of Materials B
Prerequisites
None.
Other
This course directly connects to ARC.S202 Fundamentals of Mechanics of Materials B in the succeeding Quarter. The same text is used in both courses.