Welcome everyone to this course
Strength of materials is one of key courses in different engineering fields such as civil engineering and mechanical engineering.
It introduces stress and strain characteristics and their application in engineering field. In Laboratory, tests, specially, of tension, compression, shear, etc. are performed to strengthen the theory on mechanical properties of some materials and its behaviour.
Later on, the knowledge gained through this course might help you in selection of materials (i.e. its nature, its size, its geometry, etc.) that might be used in any civil engineering task.
As you might be aware of the civil engineering department, more than 50% of the courses in the program are related to structural engineering field. Thus, following to the engineering mechanics that you have learned in the last trimester, you are now welcomed to undertake this module. Like the engineering mechanics course, this module will also serves as a foundation to the structural analysis, reinforced concrete design and other courses that might fall under this category.