308802 (v.1) Strength of Materials 232
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| Area: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 2 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
307529 (v.4)
Engineering Mechanics 100
or any previous version
AND 307533 (v.3) Engineering Materials 100 or any previous version OR 10223 (v.3) Chemistry 184 or any previous version AND 307535 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 110 or any previous version OR 307536 (v.4) Engineering Mathematics 120 or any previous version OR 7062 (v.6) Mathematics 101 or any previous version OR 10926 (v.5) Mathematics 103 or any previous version AND 307537 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 130 or any previous version OR 307538 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 140 or any previous version OR 7063 (v.6) Mathematics 102 or any previous version OR 7492 (v.5) Mathematics 104 or any previous version AND 307543 (v.5) Electrical Systems 100 or any previous version AND 310206 (v.2) Engineering Foundations: Principles and Communication 100 or any previous version OR 301995 (v.5) Communication Skills 116 or any previous version |
| 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 |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Supplemental *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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2011 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2011 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
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