Area: | Department of Civil Engineering |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 302771 (v.1) Structural Engineering 161 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Mechanics of solids - Stress and Strain. Compatilbility of deformations. Principle of superposition. Stresses due to axial forces and thermal deformation. Bending stresses in beams and simple composite beams. Deflections of beams by double integration and moment area methods. Deflections of structures using strain energy. Impact effects on structures. Influence line for statically determinate beams and frames. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of the unit the student will have an understanding of engineering design fundamentals. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | References supplied throughout unit and via handouts. |
Unit Texts: | Benham PP., Crawford RJ., Armstrong CG. (1996). Mechanics of Engineering Materials. 2nd ed. Longman. |
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Field of Education: | 30900 Civil Engineering (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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