Mechanical Engineering
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- Admission : /en/education/bachelor/mechanical-engineering/admission/
- Structure of studies : /en/education/bachelor/mechanical-engineering/structure-of-studies/
- Study program : /en/education/bachelor/mechanical-engineering/study-program/
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Study program
Department:
Mechanical Engineering
Specialization:
Plastics and lightweight structures
Module: Statics and mechanics of materials
Course description
Back-
Objectives
A la fin du cours de résistance des matériaux 1, traitant de la déformation des structures et de la résistance des matériaux, l'étudiant-e est capable de :
- Comprendre les notions de base de la résistance des matériaux
- Comprendre la notion de contraintes planes, contraintes principales et état de déformation correspondant dans le cas de matériaux élastiques linéaires isotropes
- Résoudre un problème de déformation de structures et de résistance des matériaux pour des sollicitations simples de traction-compression, de cisaillement et de flexion simple
- Résoudre un problème de résistance de matériaux d'un système poutre bidimensionnel
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Content
- Introduction à la résistance des matériaux
- Traction-compression: barres et axes de sections variables, structures triangulées, contraintes thermiques et structures hyperstatiques
- Cisaillement
- Contraintes, déformations planes et relations de l'élasticité
- Caractéristiques de surfaces
- Flexion plane
Type of teaching and workload
Lecture course (including exercises)
64 periods
Course specification
Year of validity
2025-2026
Weight
1st year
Semester
Spring
Program
French,Bilingual
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Language of instruction
French
ID
B1C-RDM1-M
Level
basic
Course type
Core
Study program
Bachelor
Evaluation methods
- Continuous assessment Written work,
Course grade calculation method
The continuous assessment mark is the weighted average of the courses evaluations. If the course includes practical labs (TP), the course mark is the weighted average of the TP mark and the mark of the other evaluations. If one of these two marks (TP or other evaluations) is less than 3.0, the course counts as failed and no mark is given.
Reference work
- Polycopiés des professeurs
- R. C. Hibbeler, Technische Mechanik 2: Festigkeitslehre, Pearson Studium
- Del Pedro, Gmür & Botsis, Introduction à la mécanique des solides et des structures, 3ème édition, PPUR
Intructor(s) and/or coordinator(s)
Joël Kuster, Bernard Masserey