2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
Mechanics of strength
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Kazuaki Inaba / Daisuke Akita
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TSE.A302
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course aim to teach the basics of Mechanics of Strength as an advanced course of Solid Mechanics and Structure Engineering. Topics include generalized stress and strain, elasticity and plasticity, and deformation and fracture of materials.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. understand stress and strain and acquire basic knowledge related to failure and fracture
2. understand the characteristics of strength and explain past accidents from a mechanical point of view
Keywords
stress, strain, failure, fracture
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Towards the end of class, students will be given exercise problems related to what was taught on that day.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | What is mechanics of strength? Stress and strain | Understand generalized stress and strain |
| Class 2 | Basics of Elasticity | Understand basics of Elasticity |
| Class 3 | Basics of Plasticity | Understand basics of Plasticity |
| Class 4 | Mechanics of failure and fracture | Learn Mechanics of failure and fracture |
| Class 5 | Characteristics of strength | Explain characteristics of strength |
| Class 6 | Fatigue strength, Case study | Understand Fatigue strength through case study |
| Class 7 | High temperature strength, Environmental strength | Understand high temperature strength and environmental strength |
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)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
A First Course in Continuum Mechanics 2nd Ed., Y. C. Fung, Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Failure of Materials in Mechanical Design: Analysis, Prediction, Prevention, Jack A. Collins, John Wiley & Sons.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' course scores are based on exercise problems (35%) and report (65%).
Related courses
- TSE.A202 ： Solid Mechanics and Structure Engineering
Prerequisites
Students have taken Solid Mechanics and Structure Engineering.