ENGINEERING MECHANICS AND STRENGHT OF MATERIALS:

Credits	Periods	Exam Hrs	Sectional Marks	Exam Marks	Total Marks
4	Theory Tutorial lab 3 1 -	3	30	70	100

 Engineering Mechanics 

Concurrent Forces in a Plane and its Equilibrium, Centroids of Composite Plane 

Figures, General Case of Forces in a Plane. 

Moment of Inertia of Plane Figures, Parallel Axis Theorem, Polar M.I., Concept of 

Mass M.I., Rectilinear Translation, Kinematics, Principle of Dynamics, Motion of a 

Particle Under Constant Force, Force  Proportional to Displacement and Free 

Vibrations (SHM), D’ Alembert’s Principle, Momentum, Impulse – Work and 

Energy. 

Rotation of a Rigid Body about a Fixed Axis Kinematics, Equation of Motion of a 

Rigid Body about a Fixed axis, Rotation and Constant Moment, Torsional Vibration. 

Strength of Materials: 

Simple Stress and Strain, Stresses on Inclined Plane, Two-dimensional Stress 

Systems, Principal Stress and Principal Planes, Mhor’s Circle. 

Shearing Force and Bending Moment, Types of Loads, Types of Supports, S.F. and 

D.M. Diagrams for Cantilever and Simply Supported Beams under Concentrated 

Loads and under U.D.L. 

Flexure formula, Bending Stresses on the above types of Beams with Rectangular 

and Circular Sections. 

Torsion of Circular Shafts, Determination of Shear Stress. 

Text Books 

1. Engineering Mechanics, S. Timoshenko (Relevant sections only). 

2. Elements of Strength of Materials, S. Timoshenko (Relevant sections only).