Engineering Mechanics

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

On campus only

120 hours

Postgraduate -

• Enrolment in a Master of Engineering program

Undergraduate -

• One of the subjects listed below.

None

None

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit

website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This subject provides an introduction to modelling the stresses and deformations that occur when axial, torsional and flexural loads are applied to a body in static equilibrium; as well as the translational and rotational motions that eventuate in a body upon different load applications.
Topics to be covered include free-body diagrams; equilibrium; force systems; stresses, coordinate systems; deflections, kinetics and vibration.
This material will be complemented with laboratory and project based approaches to learning.

Upon completion of this subject students should be able to -

• Formulate problems in statics and dynamics by choosing suitable system boundaries and identifying relevant forces and coordinate system
• Analyse the equilibrium of systems of forces in two dimensions
• Determine the loads and stresses experienced by components of common engineering structures such as trusses, frames and beams
• Describe and analyse the motion of particles and rigid bodies using three-dimensional vectors
• Apply the principles of impulse-momentum and work-energy to solve problems in the dynamics of simple machines and vibrating structures

Assessment includes -

• One midsemester test in week 5 (5%)
• Weekly online quizzes (worth 5% total)
• Assignments and laboratories (4 x 7.5%) due in weeks 3,6, 9 and 12 of the semester. The total length of the assignments will not be more than 5000 words.
• One three hour end of semester exam (60%)

Students will need to get a mark of at least 50% in the exam to pass this subject.

None

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Music

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

On completion of the subject students should have the following skills -

• Ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals
• Ability to communicate effectively, not only with engineers but also with the community at large
• In-depth technical competence in at least one engineering discipline
• Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution
• Ability to function effectively as an individual and in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams, with the capacity to be leader or manager as well as an effective team member

Students intending to continue with Civil Engineering are encouraged to enrol in semester 1, all other students in Semester 2.

ENGR20004-JAN teaching dates : Tues 17th Jan to Friday 10th Feb, exam will be held on someday during the following week.