Solid Mechanics Area Examination

Specific subjects covered in ME 323 and included in the examinations are:

• Computing Internal Resultants, Stresses, Deformations, Strains in Statically Determinate and Indeterminate Structures
  • Free-Body Diagrams
  • Generalized Hooke’s Law
  • Trusses
  • Axial Loads
  • Thermal Loads
  • Torsional Loads
  • Bending and Transverse Shear Loads in Beams
    • Shear-Moment Diagrams
    • Deflections by Direct-Integration and Superposition Methods
  • Combined Loads
  • Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels
• Stress and Strain Transformation
  • Transformation of States of Plane Stress
  • Principal Stresses and Principal Directions
  • Maximum In-plane and Absolute Maximum Shear Stresses
  • Mohr’s Circle of States of Plane Stress
• Buckling of Elastic Columns
• Energy Methods
  • Work
  • Strain Energy
  • Castigliano’s Theorem
• Static Failure Prediction
  • Brittle Failure
  • Ductile Failure

References:

• Craig Jr, R.R. and Taleff, E.M., 2020.  Mechanics of Materials.  John Wiley & Sons.
• ME 323 Blog: https://www.purdue.edu/freeform/me323/

Prepared by the Solid Mechanics Area, February 2023. This guideline supersedes all prior versions.