Structural Mechanics
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 64 hours face to face + blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 | |
---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
This unit of study aims to provide students with an understanding of structural and material behaviour, failure modes and the design of simple structures and machine components.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Lecture Tutorial Lab | 2.67 1.83 .5 | 12 12 6 | 32 22 12 |
Online Contact | .5 | 6 | 12 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent Learning | 7 | 12 | 84 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
Examination | Individual | 40-60% | 1,2,3 |
Quizzes | Individual | 20-30% | 1,2,3 |
Lab Report | Individual/Group | 15-25% | 4,5 |
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
Study resources
- Reading materials.