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TUTORIAL 1 - ADVANCED MOMENTS OF AREA ADVANCED SECOND MOMENTS PRODUCT SECOND MOMENT UNSYMMETRICAL SECTIONS PRINCIPAL AXES MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM SECOND MOMENTS POLAR SECOND MOMENTS

BEAMS

TUTORIAL 2 - STRESSES IN BEAMS TYPES AND DEFINITION OF BEAMS BENDING MOMENT AND SHEAR FORCE THE BENDING FORMULA CALCULATION OF BENDING STRESS COMBINED BENDING AND DIRECT STRESS POSITION OF THE NEUTRAL AXIS. COMPOSITE BEAMS

TUTORIAL 3 - BENDING MOMENT AND SHEAR FORCE TYPES AND DEFINITION OF BEAM SHEAR FORCE AND SHEAR FORCE DIAGRAMS BENDING MOMENTS AND BENDING MOMENTS DIAGRAMS POINT OF MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT MAXIMUM BENDING STRESS

TUTORIAL 4 - THE SLOPE AND DEFLECTION OF BEAMS THEORY FOR SOLUTIONS CANTILEVER WITH A POINT LOAD CANTILEVER WITH A UNIFORM OAD SIMPLY SUPPORTED WITH A POINT LOAD SIMPLY SUPPORTED WITH A UNIFORM LOAD PRINCIPLE OF SUPERPOSITION FOR COMBINATION OF LOADS MACAULAY'S METHOD FOR COMBINATION OF LOADS ENCASTR' BEAMS

TUTORIAL 5- SHEAR STRESS IN BEAMS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BENDING AND SHEAR COMPLEMENTARY SHEAR STRESS SHEAR FLOW SHEAR DISTRIBTION SHEAR FLOW IN WEBS AND FLANGES SHEAR CENTRE DEFINITION AND DETERMINATION

TUTORIAL 5- MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD HARDY CROSS MOMENT DISTRIBUTION AT A JOINT ROTATIONAL STIFFNESS OF JOINT CARRY OVER FACTOR EXAMPLES AND PROBLEMS

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COMPRESSION MEMBERS

TUTORIAL 6- STRUTS DEFINITION OF A STRUT EULER'S FORMULA FOR CRITICAL LOAD SLENDERNESS RATIO DEFLECTION

TUTORIAL 7 - INTERMEDIATE AND SHORT COMPRESSION MEMBERS DEFINITIONS RANKINE-GORDON FORMULAE STRESS -SLENDERNESS RATIO RELATIONSHIP COLUMNS OFFSET LOADING OF COLUMNS POSITION OF NEUTRAL AXIS

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COMPLEX STRESS

TUTORIAL 8 - STRESS AND STRAIN RELATIONSHIP ELASTIC CONSTANTS RELATIONSHIPS MODULUS OF ELASTICITY MODULUS OF RIGIDITY BULK MODULUS POISSON'S RATIO TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL STRESS/STRAIN EQUATIONS VOLUMETRIC STRAIN  

TUTORIAL 9 - COMPLEX STRESS AND STRAIN COMPLEX STRESS SITUATIONS FORMUAE FOR COMPLEX STRESS MOHR'S CIRCLE OF STRESS MOHR'S CIRCLE OF STRAIN 45 DEGREE STRAIN GAUGE ROSETTES 60 DEG STRAIN GAUGE ROSETTE PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN PRINCIPAL PLANES COMBINED BENDING, AXIAL AND TORSIONAL LOADS

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TORSION

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THIN AND THICK CYLINDERS

TUTORIAL 12 - PRESSURE VESSELS THIN WALLED CYLINDERS AND SPHERES CIRCUMFERENTIAL AND LONGITUDINAL STRESS VOLUME AND DIAMETER CHANGES THICK WALLED CYLINDER LAMES EQUATIONS RADIAL STRESS INTERFERENCE FIT SHAFT AND SLEEVES

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OTHER TOPICS

TUTORIAL 13 - FATIGUE S - N Graphs Fatigue Strength Endurance Limit Factors affecting fatigue srength Calculating Safety Factor

TUTORIAL 14 - CREEP Explanation Measurement and presentation of data. Extension - time graph Limiting creep stress Factors affecting creep rate. Basic mechanism

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TUTORIAL 15A - FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS TUTORIAL 1 Discretisation Types of elements Nodes and Loading Stiffness matrix Elements - Trusses and Bars

TUTORIAL 15B - FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS TUTORIAL 1 Beam Element Model Blending Function for Beam Introduction 3D Matrix Model Introduction to 2D Stress and Strain Model

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