Engineering Statics
Subject 421-103 (2008)
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| Credit Points: | 12.500 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | Undergraduate | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008: Summer Term, - Taught on campus.
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| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: Thirty-six hours of lectures and twelve hours of tutorials. Total Time Commitment: Not available | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | Subject assumes knowledge of VCE Mathematical Methods units 3 and 4. | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | None | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
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Graham Hutchinson| Subject Overview: | Topics covered include force systems; resolution of forces including moments of a force, couples, moments of distributed forces; equilibrium, support systems; shear force, bending moments in beams; forces in pin-connected trusses; equilibrium concepts via virtual work; stress, strain, elasticity in one and two dimensions; stress transformation; stress and deflection caused by bending and torsion; indeterminate systems; the stresses in a fluid at rest; hydrostatic distribution of pressure; Archimedes' principle; projected areas; hydrostatic stability and metacentric height. |
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| Assessment: | A 3-hour written examination (70%) and two assignments of not more than 2000 words each (30%). |
| Prescribed Texts: | Engineering Statics, Vol 1 - Statics (J L Meriam and L G Kraige), 4th edition, Wiley, 1992 |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
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