CS1001:03
Engineering Mechanics 1
Townsville, Cairns
Prerequisites: Senior Maths B
39 lectures, 26 tutorials, 13 hours practicals. First semester.
Available to engineering students.
Vector mechanics. Particle and rigid body statics. Plane section properties, centroids and area moments of inertia (second moments of area). Equilibrium of a body in two- and three-dimensions. Analysis of simple trusses and frames. Internal forces – axial load, shear force and bending moment. Stress and strain; shear and normal stress; modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio. Bending of beams.
Learning Objectives:
- apply the conditions for equilibrium of points and rigid bodies in two- and three-dimensions;
- draw and use free body diagrams;
- find the area properties of simple plane figures;
- solve for member forces in trusses and frames;
- draw shear force and bending moment diagrams for beams and frames;
- determine bending stresses in beams.
Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).
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