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. |
Field of Education: | 30700 Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Technology (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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