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 421-103 Engineering Statics and Materials

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr J Styles

Semester

1, repeat 2, Summer (view timetable)

Contact

48 hours of lectures and tutorials

Subject Description

Force systems: resolution of forces; moments of a force; couples; moments of distributed forces. Equilibrium, support systems. Shear force, bending moments in beams. Forces in pin-connected trusses. Equilibrium concepts via virtual work. Stress, strain, elasticity in one and two dimensions. Stress transformation. Stress and deflection due to bending and torsion. Indeterminate systems.

Assessment

A three-hour written examination (85%) and an assignment of not more than words (15%).

Prescribed Texts
  • Meriam, JL and Kraige, LG, Engineering Statics, Vol 1 - Statics 3rd Edition. Wiley, New York, 1992.
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