General Engineering Program
5-year combined undergraduate / graduate Engineering programs
General Data
Academic program General Engineering Program :
Type d'EC Classes
Lectures : 14h00
Tutorials : 6h00
Lab Work : 8h00
Total duration : 43h00
Status :
Period :
SEMESTER 5
Education language :
French
Learning Outcomes
"The objective of structural design courses (solid mechanics,strength of materials
, and structural design practice) is to give the ability to carry out a study in the field of structural calculation (strength of materials approach or finite element method). These courses allow students to choose a modeling, (i.e. understanding the influence of modeling choices), then correctly analyze and interpret obtained results.
Skills targeted by this course relate to understanding:
- modeling the behavior of materials,
- strain, stresses and design criteria
"
Content
"Classes are given in the form of lectures and practical exercises done in tutorials.
Practical works on an industrial finite element calculation software (ANSYS) make it possible to become familiar with a calculation model and illustrate the concepts seen in class; one session is notably devoted to the modeling of a pressurized cylinder in order to introduce the assumptions used for the calculation of thin vessels.
Contents:
Stress tensor: definition, normal stress and shear stress, local equilibrium equations, Mohr circles (3D and plane elasticity) principal stresses and maximum shear..
Tensor of infinitesimal strain: expression, physical meaning (normal strain and shear strain), Mohr circles, strain gauges.
Constitutive law, isotropic linear elasticity (Hooke's law), thermal strains.
Design criteria: yield stress criterion (von Mises, Tresca) , failure criterion (Rankine), ...
"
Pre-requisites / co-requisites
Intermediate level mathematics differential equations, tensors
Bibliography
J.P. Noyel - Supports de cours mis à disposition sur l'Intranet ECAM.
M. Fourar C. Chèze - “Mécanique des milieux déformables” ellipses
C. bouvet, - “Mécanique des solides des matériaux et des structures aéronautiques” iSTe éditions
M. Dupeux, - “Introduction à la mécanique des matériaux et des structures” Dunod
Assessment(s)
Nature Coefficient Observable objectives
1Check the acquisition of the concepts developed in class.1Written exam
2Handling of a finite elementsoftware
Interpretation of calculation results
Understanding of the notions seen in class
1Practical work
3Check the acquisition of the concepts developed in class.2Written exam