308813 (v.1) Materials 337


Area: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
 
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Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 308802 (v.1) Strength of Materials 232 or any previous version
Other Requisite(s): Completion of first year of course: Completion of CFY Engineering
 
Syllabus: This unit will not be available until 2006. Failure mechanisms in metals. High cycle fatigue phenomena. Estimation of fatigue life. Effects of various parameters on fatigue life. Stress concentrations and their effects. Cumulative damage assessment. Non-zero mean loads. Combined and triaxial loads. Analysis of fatigue fracture surfaces. Introduction to linear elastic fracture mechanics. Determination of fracture toughness. Energy methods of beam deflection. Euler buckling of columns. Thick cylinders, compound cylinders. Rotating rings, disk and shafts.
 
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Field of Education: 30701 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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