Courses Handbook 2009

303136 (v.1) WASM Engineering Physics 132


Area: WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Engineering physics - vectors in mechanics. Waves and radiation. Introduction to nuclear physics. Engineering statics - coplanar forces. Moment of forces. Rigid body equilibrium. Stress and strain. Truss analysis. Shear force and bending moment. First and second moment of area. Engineering dynamics and Newton's Laws - transitional, rotational work, energy, impulse and momentum. Relative velocity. Curvilinear motion. Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 010300 Physics and Astronomy (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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