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 436-402 Mechanics and Dynamics of Solids

Credit Points

7.1

Coordinator

Dr T. Chalko and Dr K.C. Brown

Prerequisites

436-306 Dynamics of Machines and 436-307 Stress Analysis for Engineering Design

Semester

1

Contact

28 lectures and 8 hours of tutorials and laboratory work

Subject Description

On completion students should; be able to formulate physical and mathematical models of mechanical systems for stress and vibration analysis, and obtain solutions from the mathematical model using analytical and/or numerical methods and have an increased understanding of the stress analysis and dynamic behaviour of complex structures.

Topics covered include; the mathematical theory of elasticity, in three dimensions. Reduction to two dimensions. Plane stress and strain, Airy's stress function and its application to practical problems. Finite difference and finite element methods in stress analysis. Torsion. Vibration of discrete and continuous systems. Modal analysis. Vibration isolation. Torsional and bending vibrations. Vibration absorbers.

Assessment

One examination not exceeding three-hours, tutorials and assignments of a maximum of 3000 words or equivalent



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