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421-276 Mechanics of Solids 1 | |
Credit Points | 7.1 |
Coordinator | Dr H. M. Goldsworthy |
Prerequisites | 421-103 Engineering Statics (or equivalent) |
Semester | 1 |
Contact | 20 hours of lectures, 9 hours of practice classes, 7 hours of laboratory work |
Subject Description | At the conclusion of this unit, students should be able to analyse for the stress state and determine resulting deformations in simple structural elements produced by a variety of loading conditions. Topics covered include: 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 written examination not exceeding three-hours (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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