Structural Mechanics

Unit Code:HES2120

Credit Points	Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
12.5 Credit Points	1 Semester	60 hours	Hawthorn, Sarawak	HES1125 Mechanics of Structures	Nil

Credit Points

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

12.5 Credit Points

1 Semester

60 hours

Hawthorn, Sarawak

HES1125 Mechanics of Structures

Nil

Related Course/s:

Aims & Objectives:

During the course, we aim to:

Develop an understanding of structural and material behaviour
Develop skills in analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures
Understand basic design formulae against structural and material failure

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Develop an understanding of structural and material behaviour
Analyse statically determinate and indeterminate structures
Apply the failure theories in design simple structures and machine components

Teaching Methods:

Lectures (36 hrs), Laboratory work (6hrs), Tutorials (18 hrs)

Assessment:

Final examination (60-80%), Laboratory reports (10-20%), Mid-Semester test (10-20%)

Generic Skills Outcomes:

In this unit, students are expected to enhance the Key Generic Skills below as recognised by Engineers Australia. The Unit Outline explains how these outcomes will be achieved.

Ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals
Ability to communicate effectively, not only with engineers but also with the community at large
Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution
Ability to function effectively as an individual and in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams, with the capacity to be a leader or manager as well as an effective team member
Understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities and commitment to them
Expectation of the need to undertake lifelong learning, and capacity to do so

Content:

Concept of Stress: definition of normal stress, shearing stress and bearing stress, free-body diagram, force triangle
Torsion: shearing stress, shearing strain, angle of twist, torque diagram
Bending Stresses: symmetrical sections, composite sections, plasticity
Mohr's Circles for plane stress and plane strain: strain gauges
Constitutive Equations: generalised Hook's law
Failure Theories: Von Mises criterion, Tresca criterion
Thin Walled pressure vessel: hoop stress and longitudinal stress
Beam Shear Force & Bending Moment: Analysis for reactons, shear force and bending for beams subjected to transverse loads
Beam Deflections: double intergration method and superposition method
Columns: Euler buckling and local buckling, Euler's formulae

Textbooks:

Beer, FP, Johnson, ER & Dewolf, JT, Mechanics of Materials, 4th edn, McGraw Hill, 2006.

References:

Fleming, JF, Analysis of Structural Systems, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1998.
Schodek, DL, Structures, 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1992.