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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. **
 
Lecture: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 2 x 2 Hours Quarterly
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, 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 andmoment-area method.
 
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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

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