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.
2022 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
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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 Learning Outcomes (ULO)
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Analyse structural and material behaviour (K1, K2, K3, S1, S2)
2. Apply failure theories in the design of simple structures and machine components (K2, K3, K6, S1, S3)
3. Apply relevant standards and codes of practice in the design of simple structures and machine components (K3, K6, S1, S3)
4. Safely execute experiments, analyse and interpret results and errors, and formulate conclusions (K2, K6, S1, A7)
5. Conduct laboratory activities as part of a team and generate high quality reports (A2, A7)
Swinburne Engineering Competencies (A1-7, K1-6, S1-4): find out more about Engineering Skills and Competencies including the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
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 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:
(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) Obtain at least 40% in the final exam, and
(iii) Obtain at least 40% of the possible marks for the laboratory hurdle
Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) and (iii) in full, will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
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.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.