James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2006

CS2001 - Engineering Strength of Materials

Credit points: 03
Year: 2006
Student Contribution Band: Band 2
Administered by:

Review of shear force and bending moment diagrams. Force systems. Pure bending of elastic beams; composite beams, unsymmetrical sections. Shearing stresses in beams; shear flow, shear centre. Analysis of plane stress and plane strain; Hookes law, stress transformations, Mohrs circle. Torsion for circular sections. Compound stresses. Bending deflection; double integration, moment area methods. Column behaviour, Euler load, secant formula, short and long columns, slenderness ratio, effective length. Introduction to theories of failure.

Learning Outcomes

Prerequisites:EG1001

Availabilities

, , Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coordinator: Professor John Ginger
Lecturers: Professor John Ginger, Assoc. Professor Siva Sivakugan.
Contact hours:
  • 39 hours
  • 39 hours - tutorials and practicals.
    Assessment: (50% - 70%); (30% - 50%).

    Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.