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421-208 Mechanics of Solids | |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Helen Goldsworthy |
Prerequisites | 421-103 Engineering Statics and Materials or equivalent |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | 28 hours of lectures, 12 hours of tutorials and 8 hours of laboratory classes |
Subject Description | 3D transformation of Stress and Strain, Flexural Deflections, Reciprocity, Composite Beams, Virtual Work, Properties of Sections and Unsymmetrical Bending, Shear Centre, Indeterminacy, Long columns, Plastic Behaviour of Structures, Uniform and Non-uniform Torsion, Lateral torsional buckling of beams, Torsional and local buckling of columns. |
Assessment | One three-hour written examination (75%); Practice classes and Laboratory work (25%). |
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