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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Civil and Environmental Engineering

421-276 Mechanics of Solids 1

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Dr H. M. Goldsworthy

Prerequisite/s:

421-103 Engineering Statics (or equivalent)

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

21 hours of lectures, 10 hours of practice classes, 8 hours of laboratory work

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this subject, students should be able to analyse for the stress state in simple structural elements (such as beams, columns and shafts) for a variety of loading conditions. They should also be able to determine the deformations that are produced by these loading conditions.

Content:

Material Behaviour and Definitions, Transformation of Stress and Strain, Basic Properties of Sections, Flexural Behaviour, Deflection analysis, Superposition, Indeterminacy, Shear in beams, Torsion of circular shafts, Short columns, Long columns.

Assessment:

One two-hour written examination (75%); Practice classes and Laboratory work (25%); Hurdle requirement of a pass in 4 Mastery Learning Topics. Admission to the examination is conditional upon passing each of four Mastery Learning topics. Students may repeat each topic up to four times to gain a pass.
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