Area: |
Department of Civil Engineering |
Credits: |
12.5 |
Contact Hours: |
4.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Lecture: |
3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: |
1 x 3 Hours Once-only |
Prerequisite(s): |
307530 (v.1) Engineering Physics 100 or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
This unit is designed for continuing Engineering students. Statics: Understand and apply Newton's law of motion. Manipulate systems of forces and moments dealing with concurrent and non-concurrent forces. Understand and utilise the concept of a freebody. Analyse simple truss structures comprising axially loaded members. Analyse simple beam structures comprising flexurally loaded members. Perform calculations entailing stress, strain and external loading. Understand and utilise the concepts of compatibility and superposition. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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Field of Education: |
30900 Civil Engineering (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 |
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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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