Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 700116

Coordinator Abbas Ranjbar Opens in new window

Description Mechanics of Materials is the study of the stresses and deformation of a body made of any elastic solid material and how these are related to the body's shape and the load applied to it. This subject looks at how and why structural components including bars and beams deform and break. It concentrates on how these are affected by the geometry of the body and loading. Types of loadings considered include normal loads, torsional loads and bending loads. The main objective of the subject is to introduce students to the aspects of stress, strain and internal force development in the components and the methods to determine the deformation and deflections of the components. Energy methods and impact loadings are also considered.Offerings of alternate subjects are dependent on there being sufficient student enrolment numbers. If enrolments are low, the College may cancel delivery of the alternate subject.

School Eng, Design & Built Env

Discipline Mechanical And Industrial Engineering And Technology

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 2 10cp

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Level Undergraduate Level 2 subject

Pre-requisite(s) ENGR 1019

Equivalent Subjects MECH 2003 - Mechanics of Materials

Restrictions

Students must be enrolled at Western Sydney University, The College in 7022 Associate Degree in Engineering.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Predict stress, strain and deformation in an axially loaded member.
2. Calculate support reactions in statically indeterminate an axially loaded member
3. Represent a general traction as stresses
4. Represent a general displacement as strains
5. Predict stress and angle of twist in a circular shaft undergoing torsion
6. Construct bending moment and shear force diagrams, for beams carrying point forces, distributed forces and couples
7. Calculate bending stresses and deflections for beams
8. Calculate transverse shear stresses in beams
9. Calculate strain energy in axially loaded columns, shafts under torsion and beams under bending
10. Predict stress, strain and deformation as a result of an impact loading
11. Use energy methods to calculate the deflection of a truss
12. Predict the buckling of columns
13. Observe, analyse and document the measurements in the real world and use them to verify the theory presented in the lectures.

Subject Content

Normal stress, strain and deformation.
Statically indeterminate components
Representing a general traction as stresses
Representing a general displacement as strains
Torsional stresses and deformations
2D stress transformations
Bending moment and shear force diagrams
Bending stresses and deflections
Transverse shear stresses
Energy methods
Buckling of columns