CE250. Mechanics I (Strength of Materials) (ects: 7) This course is aiming to provide knowledge concerning the type of loading cases, the physical meaning of stress and strain as well as analytic procedures for their determination. Furthermore, significant target of this course is also to teach the students the methods for dimensioning structures. Theoretical Part of the Course . Basic principles of the science of strength of materials . Types of loading cases, forces and structural elements . Principle of the superposition . Types of stresses and stress state . Types of strains . Stress-Strain curves for tension and compression . Allowable stresses, safety factor . Plastic deformation . Fatigue . Hooke's law . Dilatation, Poisson's ratio . Tension due to self weight . Thermal stresses and Strains . Statically determinate and indeterminate members under tension and compression . Biaxial loading, the Mohr's circle . Pure shear . Generalized Hooke's law . Strain gages . Center of gravity, static moment of inertia, theorem of Steiner . Pure and general bending, ratio of curvature, deflection, maximum normal stresses, failure criteria, dimensioning of a beam, composite beams, shear stresses and their distribution, shear stresses in bending . Elastic line of a beam under bending, differential equation for deflection. Method of double integration. Method of generalized functions. Method of superposition. Method of Mohr . Torsion: Torsion of circular cross section. Torsion of beam with variable cross section. Torsion of beam with rectangular cross section. Torsion of thin-walled pipes. Statically indeterminate members under torsion . Buckling. Euler's rule. Critical buckling stress Laboratorial Part of the Course . Tensile test (stress-strain curve) . Compression test (stress-strain curve) . Shear test (allowable shear strength) . Hardness test (Brinel, Rockwell) . Bending test (deflection, maximum stresses, strain-gages) . Impact test (Charpy)