James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2015

CS2001 - Engineering Strength of Materials

Credit points: 03
Year: 2015
Student Contribution Band: Band 2
Administered by: College of Science, Technology & Engineering

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:EG1011

Availabilities

Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 26-Mar-2015
Coordinator: Dr Rabin Tuladhar
Lecturer: Ms Amy Lovisa.
Contact hours:
  • 62 hours - Lectures, tutorials, demonstrations and practicals. Refer to Subject Outline for details.
    Assessment:end of semester exam (50%); other exams (25%); assignments (12%); practicals (13%).

    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.