MCEN2000 (v.1) Fundamentals of Strength of Materials
| Area: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Science Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Equivalent(s): |
308802 (v.1)
Strength of Materials 232
or any previous version
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| Prerequisite(s): |
307533 (v.3)
Engineering Materials 100
or any previous version
OR MAEN1000 (v.1) Engineering Materials or any previous version AND 307529 (v.4) Engineering Mechanics 100 or any previous version OR MCEN1000 (v.1) Engineering Mechanics or any previous version |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Syllabus: | Introduction for Strength of Materials. Normal stresses and strains. Shear stresses and strains. Hooke’s law in tension and shear, Poisson’s ratio. The concepts of allowable stresses, factor of safety. Computation of changes in length of axially loaded members, uniform and nonuniform bars. Statically indeterminate structures. Formulation of the torsion formula and its applications. Stresses and strains in pure shear. Types of beams and different boundary conditions. Construction of shear force and bending diagrams. Formulation and applications of flexure formula based on the Euler beam theory. Design of beams for bending stresses. Formulation of the shear formula. Design of beams for shear stresses. Centroids and second moments of plane sections. Parallel axis theorem. Analysis of stresses and strains for plane stress problems. Mohr’s circle for plane problems. Thin-walled pressure vessels. Combined loadings. Deflections of beams, the integration methods. |
| Field of Education: | 030701 Mechanical Engineering |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2015 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 1 | Y |
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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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