| Area: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.5 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Monthly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 302728 (v.2) Strength of Materials 132 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Statically indeterminate structures. Thermal effects. Classical beam theory - theory and applications. Analysis of stress and strain. Applicaitons of plane stress. Mohr's circle. Thin walled cylinder. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | To introduce the fundamental principles that govern the behaviour of solid bodies subjected to various types of loading. |
| Unit Texts: | Gere, JM. 2001. Mechanics of Materials. 5th ed. Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, CA. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment 10%. Mid-Semester Test 15%. Laboratory 15%. Final examination 60%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
