Basic concepts of strength
Calculations
Load cases
Material properties
MG1207 Solid Mechanics 3.0 credits
Information per course offering
Information for Autumn 2026 Start 24 Aug 2026 programme students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 24 Aug 2026 - 23 Oct 2026
- Periods
Autumn 2026: P1 (3 hp)
- Pace of study
25%
- Application code
10115
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
Swedish
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
1 - 99
- Target group
- Not open for exchange students.
- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
- Schedule is not published
- Part of programme
Contact
Course syllabus as PDF
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student shall be able to:
1. calculate stress and strain states of structures from one-dimensional models of slender bodies (bars, shafts, beams)
2. design the above structures in terms of material and geometry using knowledge of the load and mechanical properties of the material
3. formulate and follow the appropriate solution strategy, present free-body diagrams, dimensionally correct and plausible solutions for idealised engineering problems.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
MG1203 Applied mechanics
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- TENA - Written exam, 2.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- LABA - Laboratory work , 0.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Examiner
No information inserted
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Technology
Education cycle
First cycle