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MG1207 Solid Mechanics 3.0 credits

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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus MG1207 (Autumn 2025–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus MG1207 (Autumn 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

Basic concepts of strength

Calculations

Load cases

Material properties

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

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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

ITM/Production Engineering Stockholm

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle