Overview
In this unit you will develop skills to analyse the stresses in a structural member subjected to various actions such as axial force, torsion, bending moments and shear force using the principles of mechanics of materials. You will learn how individual structural members resist and transfer the stresses as well as ways in which they can fail. You will document the process of modelling, testing and analysis and communicate, work and learn, both individually and in teams in a professional manner. Students enrolled in distance mode are required to attend a compulsory Residential School.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: [ENEG11006 Engineering Statics OR ENEC12007 Analysis of Structures] AND [MATH11219 Engineering Mathematics] AND [ENEG11008 Materials for Engineers OR ENEG12005 Materials Science and Engineering]
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Moodle
Well organised and well delivered unit.
This practice will continue in next offer as well.
Feedback from Moodle
Teaching staff is very helpful and available in most of the time as required.
This practice will continue in next offer as well.
- Apply the principles and theories of mechanics of materials to the analysis of structural members
- Determine sectional properties, stresses and deflections of structural members
- Analyse structural members subjected to combined axial force, torsion, bending moment and shear force
- Determine principal stresses and discuss failure criteria for a range of engineering materials
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and team work
The learning outcomes are linked to Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies and also discipline capabilities.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
| 3 - Practical and Written Assessment - 10% | |||||
| 4 - Examination - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Practical and Written Assessment - 10% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Mechanics of Materials
7th Edition (SI Units) (2015)
Authors: Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., John T. DeWolf, David Mazurek
Mc Graw Hill Education
New York New York , NY , USA
ISBN: 9789814595247
Binding: Hardcover
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
t.suntharavadivel@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Concept of Stress
Mechanical Properties of Materials
Chapter
Chapters 1 and 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Axial Loading
Chapter
Chapter 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Torsion
Chapter
Chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Analysis of Beams subjected to Bending (BMD and SFD)
Chapter
Chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Pure Bending I: Simple Bending
Chapter
Sections 4.1 to 4.5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Mid-term Break
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Sections 4.6 to 4.9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Shearing Stress and Thin-Walled Members
Chapter
Chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practical Class for on-campus students - Please contact your campus technical staff for timetable
Module/Topic
Combined Loading
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Residential School for Distance mode students [03rd & 04th September 2018]
Module/Topic
Transformation of Stress & Strain
Principal Stresses
Chapter
Chapters 7 & 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Deflection of Beams
Chapter
Chapter 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Column Buckling
Chapter
Chapter 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Final Examination - Refer the exam timetable
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Read ENEC12012: General Information available from the unit website.
1 Written Assessment
Objective.
The aim of this assignment is to allow the students to demonstrate their understanding of various concepts, theories and processes studied/developed in the topics covered until week 5 from the Study Schedule.
Assignment 1 will be available by start of Week 1 through unit website.
Week 5 Friday (10 Aug 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 7 Friday (31 Aug 2018)
Each question in this assignment will be assessed for the criterion accuracy and correct results.
- Correct application of mathematics and arithmetic
- Answers clearly identified
- Correct result
In addition, the assignment as a whole will be assessed against the following criteria:
Evidence of correct procedures
- All necessary steps in analysis are present in correct order
- Clear presentation of mathematical and arithmetical working linking given details of the problem to the results obtained
- Evidence of checking results (mathematical, graphical, logic-common sense)
Evidence of understanding of the topic
- Explanation of choices made in the analysis (why is procedure required, why this particular procedure)
- Interpretation of results as necessary (such as limitations)
Professional presentation
- The task is clearly identified (problem, date, analyst)
- Clear statement of each problem and its details and requirements
- Logical layout of analysis
- Appropriate use of diagrams, clear diagrams
- Correct use of terminology, conventions
- Clear English in the explanation of procedure and interpretation of results.
- Apply the principles and theories of mechanics of materials to the analysis of structural members
- Determine sectional properties, stresses and deflections of structural members
- Analyse structural members subjected to combined axial force, torsion, bending moment and shear force
- Determine principal stresses and discuss failure criteria for a range of engineering materials
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and team work
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Practical and Written Assessment
Objective:
Practical exercises assist the student to achieve the Learning Outcomes for this unit. Students required to complete the laboratory activities as per instruction given in the Practical Instruction Sheets. The Practical Instruction Sheets and report requirements will be given on the unit website.
Week 10 Wednesday (19 Sept 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 12 Wednesday (3 Oct 2018)
Each reports will be assessed separately for the criterion accuracy and correct procedure as required in the Instruction.
- Correct application of mathematics and arithmetic
- Results clearly identified and explained
- Correct results/explanation
In addition, the report as a whole will be assessed against the following criteria:
Evidence of correct procedures
- All necessary steps in experiment and reporting are followed in correct order
- Clear presentation of results obtained
- Evidence of checking results (mathematical, graphical, logic-common sense)
Evidence of understanding of the topic
- Explanation of possible error in the experiment
- Interpretation of results
Professional presentation
- Appropriate use of diagrams, clear diagrams
- Correct use of terminology, conventions
- Clear English in the explanation of procedure and interpretation of results
- Apply the principles and theories of mechanics of materials to the analysis of structural members
- Determine sectional properties, stresses and deflections of structural members
- Analyse structural members subjected to combined axial force, torsion, bending moment and shear force
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and team work
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
3 Written Assessment
Objective:
The aim of this assignment is to allow the students to demonstrate their understanding of various concepts, theories and processes studied/developed in the topics covered from week 6 to week 11 from the Study Schedule.
Assignment 2 will be available by end of week 6 through unit website.
Week 11 Wednesday (26 Sept 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Wednesday (10 Oct 2018)
Each question in this assignment will be assessed for the criterion accuracy and correct results.
- Correct application of mathematics and arithmetic
- Answers clearly identified
- Correct result
In addition, the assignment as a whole will be assessed against the following criteria:
Evidence of correct procedures
- All necessary steps in analysis are present in correct order
- Clear presentation of mathematical and arithmetical working linking given details of the problem to the results obtained
- Evidence of checking results (mathematical, graphical, logic-common sense)
Evidence of understanding of the topic
- Explanation of choices made in the analysis (why is procedure required, why this particular procedure)
- Interpretation of results as necessary (such as limitations)
Professional presentation
- The task is clearly identified (problem, date, analyst)
- Clear statement of each problem and its details and requirements
- Logical layout of analysis
- Appropriate use of diagrams, clear diagrams
- Correct use of terminology, conventions
- Clear English in the explanation of procedure and interpretation of results.
- Apply the principles and theories of mechanics of materials to the analysis of structural members
- Determine sectional properties, stresses and deflections of structural members
- Analyse structural members subjected to combined axial force, torsion, bending moment and shear force
- Determine principal stresses and discuss failure criteria for a range of engineering materials
- Demonstrate a professional level of communication and team work
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
Examination
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