Overview
In this unit, you will study the behaviour of solid bodies under different loadings by applying basic stress analysis principles and the introductory knowledge of engineering materials. You will gain in-depth understanding of the concepts of continuum stress, strain and deflection; analyse the response of mechanical components to axial, transverse, torsional, bending and buckling loads in the linear elastic regime. You will apply the theory of generalised Hooke’s law to design pressure vessels and similar thin walled structures. You will perform calculations concerned with the mechanical properties of materials and conceptually design different mechanical components and structures based on strength, stiffness and stability. You will acquire the skills and knowledge required to develop analytical techniques that are used to solve a wide range of linear stress/strain problems in engineering practice.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisities: MATH11219 Applied Calculus AND (ENEG11006 Engineering Statics or ENEM12007 Statics & Dynamics) AND (ENEG11008 Materials for Engineers or ENEG12005 Material 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 1 - 2021
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).
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 Unit Moodle student feedback & oral and e-mail feedback
Students like the use of 3D printed models in this unit as they thought it improved their learning.
Keep this innovative, engaging learning and teaching approach for student learning.
Feedback from Unit Moodle student feedback
The way of delivering unit content using lecturers, inside-out tutorials, structural analysis, engagement was appreciated by the students.
Keep it up and improve further.
Feedback from Unit Moodle student feedback
Cancellation of term end exam creates a problem for students.
This happened because of COVID-19. Hopefully, it will not happen in 2021.
Feedback from Unit Moodle student feedback
The students like to get assignment feedback on time.
The student assignment returning score is over the corporate target. However, it can be improved further.
- Analyse the elastic behaviour of engineering structures and components and determine stresses, principal stresses, strains and deflections and the effects of impact loads
- Analyse stress and strain using experimental methods
- Explain theories of failure and apply failure analysis to structures and components
- Describe the nature of engineering assumptions and explain both the approaches used to deal with uncertainty and limitations of the validity of results
- Prepare professional, technical project documentation showing evaluation of uncertainties and results obtained
- Communicate, work and learn independently and collaboratively and communicate in a professional manner
Learning outcomes are linked to Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies and also discipline capabilities. You can find the mapping for this on the Engineering Undergraduate Course website.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 0% | ||||||
| 5 - Examination - 40% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 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 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 0% | ||||||||||
| 5 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Mechanics of Materials
Edition: 7th Ed in SI Units (2015)
Authors: Beer and Johnston
McGraw Hill
New York New York , NY , USA
ISBN: 978-9-814-59254-7
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
N/A
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.
n.mandal@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Lecture - Mechanical properties of materials, Elastic behaviour - stress, strain and displacement, the concept of stresses: axial, bending and torsional stress components, stresses in inclined planes, design criteria, the factor of safety
Tutorial- Four tutorial problems will be supplied during the session
Chapter
Chapter 1, Beer
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture –Mechanical Properties of Materials, stress – strain diagram, Deformation, Hooke's Law (axial force)
Tutorial- Four tutorial problems will be supplied during the session
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture-: Stress –strain, Poisson’s ratio – Generalised Hooke's Law, elastic-plastic deformation, residual stress
Tutorial- Four tutorial problems will be supplied during the session
Chapter
Chapter 2, Beer
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture- Torsional stress: Torsion formula, angle of twist, design of transmission shaft
Tutorial- Four tutorial problems will be supplied during the session
Chapter
Chapter 3 Beer
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture - Stresses in bending loading, analysis of bending stresses in beams
Tutorial- Four tutorial problems will be supplied during the session
Chapter
Chapter 4 Beer
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
no lecture, no tute
Chapter
N/A
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture – Design of beams for bending: shear force and bending moment diagrams, transverse shear stresses
Tutorial- Four tutorial problems will be supplied during the session
Chapter
Chapter 5, 6 Beer
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture- Transformations of stresses and strains: principal stresses, Mohr's circle, combined loadings
Tutorial- a few tutorial problems will be supplied during the session
Chapter
Chapter 7, 8 Beer
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture- Deflections of beams, measurement methods
Tutorial- a few tutorial problems will be supplied during the session
Chapter
Chapter 9 Beer
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture- Linear elastic buckling
Tutorial- a few problems will be supplied during the session
Chapter
Chapter 10, Beer
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture- Failure theories of structural elements, Energy method
Tutorial - a few tutorial problems will be given during the session
Chapter
Chapter 7, 11 Beer
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture- Failure: Fatigue and Fatigue life
Tutorial - a few tutorial problems will be given during the session
Chapter
Lecturer notes, CRO
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture: Introduction to FEA and Review of unit
Tutorial: No tutorials
Chapter
Chapter: all, Lecture notes, CRO
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Preparation
Chapter
all
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Preparation
Chapter
all
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
This assignment assesses contents from week 1 to week 4 of this unit. The assignment questions will be available in the Moodle site at the beginning of Week 1
Week 4 Friday (2 Apr 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Compulsory submission
Week 6 Friday (23 Apr 2021)
After two working weeks of submission date
It will be graded based on presentation, correct process, appropriate explanation, neat diagram, correct units, interpretation of results and analysis etc.
- Analyse the elastic behaviour of engineering structures and components and determine stresses, principal stresses, strains and deflections and the effects of impact loads
- Analyse stress and strain using experimental methods
- Explain theories of failure and apply failure analysis to structures and components
- Prepare professional, technical project documentation showing evaluation of uncertainties and results obtained
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
This assignment assesses contents from week 5 to week 8 of this unit. The assignment questions will be available on the Moodle site at the beginning of Week 5
Week 8 Friday (7 May 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Compulsory submission
Week 10 Friday (21 May 2021)
After two weeks of submission date
It will be graded based on presentation, correct process, appropriate explanation, neat diagram, correct units, interpretation of results and analysis etc.
- Analyse stress and strain using experimental methods
- Explain theories of failure and apply failure analysis to structures and components
- Describe the nature of engineering assumptions and explain both the approaches used to deal with uncertainty and limitations of the validity of results
- Prepare professional, technical project documentation showing evaluation of uncertainties and results obtained
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
This assignment assesses contents from week 9 to week 11 of this unit. The assignment questions will be available on the Moodle site at the beginning of Week 9
Week 11 Friday (28 May 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Compulsory submission
Week 12 Friday (4 June 2021)
After one week of submission sate
It will be graded based on presentation, correct process, appropriate explanation, neat diagram, correct units, interpretation of results and analysis etc.
- Explain theories of failure and apply failure analysis to structures and components
- Describe the nature of engineering assumptions and explain both the approaches used to deal with uncertainty and limitations of the validity of results
- Prepare professional, technical project documentation showing evaluation of uncertainties and results obtained
- Communicate, work and learn independently and collaboratively and communicate in a professional manner
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
4 Written Assessment
This assignment assesses contents from week 1 to week 12 of this unit.
The workbook is graded as a pass/fail based on the satisfactory performance of the criteria. You have to put solutions to problems in tutorials, and at least 2 extra workbook problems (if any) given on a weekly basis.
Week 12 Friday (4 June 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Compulsory submission
After a week of submission date: A general e-mail on workbook assessment will be sent to the students through Moodle
The criteria and associated weightings are given below. The allocations are as follows:
10% Presentation and layout - includes written appearance of the document, quality of arrangement in records, use of title sections, legality, etc.
90% Content - demonstrates the application of knowledge, adequate personal study and application of unit materials. There should be evidence of application and analysis relating to each unit topic.
- Analyse the elastic behaviour of engineering structures and components and determine stresses, principal stresses, strains and deflections and the effects of impact loads
- Analyse stress and strain using experimental methods
- Explain theories of failure and apply failure analysis to structures and components
- Describe the nature of engineering assumptions and explain both the approaches used to deal with uncertainty and limitations of the validity of results
- Prepare professional, technical project documentation showing evaluation of uncertainties and results obtained
- Communicate, work and learn independently and collaboratively and communicate in a professional manner
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
Examination
Calculator - all non-communicable calculators, including scientific, programmable and graphics calculators are authorised
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