: Study of struts, columns (buckling), thin shells, and thick cylinders.

Includes complex stress systems, theories of failure, and the analysis of columns and struts.

Week 1: Material behavior, stress–strain, axial members. Week 2: Shear & bending fundamentals; SFD/BMD practice. Week 3: Bending stress, shear stress distributions, combined bending. Week 4: Torsion of shafts and power transmission problems. Week 5: Beam deflections (double integration, Macaulay). Week 6: Energy methods and statically indeterminate problems. Week 7: Columns and buckling theory; slenderness effects. Week 8: Review, mixed practice, past exam problems.

: Thick and Thin Cylinders (including auto-frettage process), Springs, and Struts/Columns. Where to Find It

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