QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
CIVL 220 –STATICS AND SOLID MECHANICS
GENERAL
Instructor:
Dr. Keith Pilkey, Nicol 303, pilkey@me.queensu.ca
Lectures:
Monday 10:30am, Wednesday 9:30am, Friday 8:30am in Biosciences 1101
Tutorials:
Tuesday 12:30 – 2:30pm in Jeffrey 118, 126 and 234
Students will be assigned to a tutorial classroom (see course website).
Office Hours:
t.b.a.
Textbook:
Mechanics of Materials w/Statics (SI ed.) by R.C. Hibbeler (Pearson
Custom) ISBN 10: 0138155380 ISBN 13: 9780138155384 (2 volumes)
Older editions are fine; however, weekly practice problems will be taken
from the latest edition.
Website:
Link located at http://me.queensu.ca/undergraduate/coursenotes.php
Course Notes:
A set of lecture notes is available for purchase in the Campus Bookstore.
The notes do not stand complete by themselves; rather, they contain spaces
for students to fill in during lectures.
OBJECTIVES
To develop an understanding of the behaviour of structural or machine components under
various loading conditions.
Structural components are treated as solid elastic bodies that deform under applied
external loading conditions. This course will allow students to understand how external
forces are transmitted through the structure (as internal forces) to its supports, thus
giving rise to support reactions.
Furthermore, internal forces produce elastic deformations in the given structure (which
are often discussed in terms of strains), as well as stresses.
Students will also learn how to locate the maximum stress component at a point in the socalled critical cross-section for different types of simple loading conditions, such as axial
forces, direct shear forces, bending moments, and torsional moments.
Using the principle of superposition, the various stress components will then be
combined for application to more realistic problems. The displacements caused by these
various loading types will also be presented.
Time permitting, students will also study the stability of columns (i.e. buckling) and impact
loading.
COURSE OUTLINE
Review of Statics: Definitions; Loads, supports and reactions; Free-body diagrams and
internal forces; Equilibrium equations; Stability, determinacy, indeterminacy
Determination of Internal Forces: Axial forces, shear forces, torque and moments; Axial
forces, shear forces, torque and moments diagrams
Concept of Stress: Average normal and shear stress; Allowable stress; Design of
connections
Concept of Strain
Stress-strain relationship
Shear Stresses in Shafts: Derivation of torque formula; Power transmission
Normal Stress in Beams
Shear Stress in Beams
Determination of Displacements: Axial; Twisting (torque); Bending
Combined Loading: Pressure vessels; Combined loads
Columns: Euler column buckling; Effect of end conditions; Design for strength and stability
Impact Loading
QUIZZES AND FINAL EXAMINATION
Three quizzes will be held during the term, i.e. scheduled in the tutorial time-slots (see
below). The quizzes and the final exam are CLOSED BOOK. A formula sheet will be
provided.
ASSESSMENT
Quizzes (3)
30 %
Final Exam
70 %
FINAL GRADE
100 %