James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2024

CS2001 - Engineering Strength of Materials

Subject Description

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

• determine stresses and strains in structural members subjected to axial, bending and torsional forces
• define relationships between member forces, loads, deformations and material stresses and strains
• describe various testing methods to determine various mechanical properties of materials
• analyse simply supported beams and columns subjected to various types of loadings
• calculate deflections in simply supported beams using various methods
• carry out stress/strain/inertia transformation with respect to any mutually perpendicular axes using the equations or Mohr's circles
• demonstrate effective written communication skills through laboratory reports

Subject Assessment

• Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (50%) - Individual
• Written > Examination - In class - (25%) - Individual
• Written > Problem task - (15%) - Individual
• Performance/Practice/Product > Practical assessment/practical skills demonstration - (10%) - Individual

Note that 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.

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