Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

308802 (v.1) Strength of Materials 232


Area:

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0
 
** 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. **
 

Laboratory:

2 x 2 Hours Quarterly

Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Other Requisite(s):

Completion of first year of course: Completion of CFY Engineering
 

Syllabus:

Introduction to mechanics of materials. Stresses and strains of deformable bodies, axially loaded structural members, torsional deformation of a circular bar, shear force and bending moment diagrams. Euler beam theory, bending stress and shear stress in beam structures, second moment of area of plane areas and analysis of stress and strain using Mohr's circle. Applications of plane stress - pressure vessels, beams and combined loadings, determination of deflections of beams using the integration methods and moment-area method.
 
** 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:

030701 Mechanical Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2006 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

 
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