436-402 Mechanics and Dynamics of Solids

Credit Points

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Prerequisites

Students are expected to be familiar with the material of 436-306 Dynamics of Machines and 436-307 Stress Analysis for Engineering Design.

Semester

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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. Students will be notified of the weighting of assessment components at the beginning of semester.