STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in ENGINEERING FOR WORK AND ENVIRONMENT SAFETY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2022/2023
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2023/2024
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Language: 
Italian
Credits: 
9
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
72
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (72 hours)
Requirements: 

Compliance with the prerequisites of the Mathematical Analysis B and Physics courses is required

Final Examination: 
Orale

The exam consists of a written test and an oral exam.
The written test includes:
1 exercise concerning isostatic structures;
1 or 2 exercises concerning the mechanics of the continuum and the problem of Saint venant.
The theoretical test, which is accessed if at least 16/30 is obtained in the written test, includes questions on all the topics covered in the course

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

AIM OF THE COURSE
The aim of the course is to provide the students with the following skills:
a) Knowledge of the fundamental notions of three-dimensional solid mechanics: static, kinematics, constitutive bond.
b) Knowledge of the principles and theorems of continuum mechanics.
c) Application to beam systems (isostatic and hyperstatic) and flat (two-dimensional) systems.
LEARNING OUCOMES
• Cognitive skills
- to acquire information related to the behavior of continuous solids
- to govern the methods of structural analysis to obtain stresses and deformations of a structure formed by beams
• Learning abilities
- ability to read and understand a scientific text about the behaviour of continuous method
• Practical and subject specific skills
- ability to propose a problem-solving approach
• Communication skills
- ability to identify, extract and synthesize relevant information
- demonstrate effective communication skills by practicing, reading, writing and speaking clearly

The main topics are:
1.-Kinematics and statics of isostatic beam systems (16 hours).
2.-Analysis of deformable beam systems (isostatic and hyperstatic): the elastic line and the principle of virtual works (14 hours).
3.-Stability of the equilibrium of compressed beams (8 hours).
4.-analysis of stress and strain in a continuous body (8 hours).
5.-Constitutive equations of continuous body (4 hours).
6.-The elastic-linear behaviour (4 hours).
7.-The resistance criteria (4 hours).
8.-The Saint Venant problem (14 hours)

The course is based on frontal theoretical lessons and development of classroom examples related to the theory

The teacher receives by appointment via e-mail at the e-mail address
enricoanselmo.papa@uninsubria.it