303146 (v.1) WASM Mechanics of Solids 232

Area:	WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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.
Lecture:	2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	303136 (v.1) WASM Engineering Physics 132 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Stresses in thin wall cylindrical pressure vessels. Bearing stresses. Stresses in beams due to bending and shear. Torsional stress in circular shafts, design of shaft couplings and keys. Bending of composite beams. Mohr's circle of stresses. Deflection of beams. Buckling of struts. Introduction to statically indeterminate structures. Introduction to design of structural members. Structural steel connections. Applications to the minerals industry.
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Field of Education:	039900 Other Engineering and Related Technologies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2009	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 2	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