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MEC2402 Stress Analysis

Semester 1, 2022 Springfield On-campus
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Engineering
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Staffing

Examiner:

Requisites

Pre-requisite: CIV1501 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS or GEPR

Overview

Every structure or machine has to perform its intended function within a predetermined and acceptable probability of failure. Stress analysis addresses the strength and rigidity of structures and machines while under load. It predicts how force is carried through a structure or machine and how the materials at any point in any individual member resist the force. As such, stress analysis is essential to the design function and the analysis function. Every engineer who has to make a judgement on the strength and stability of any structure, machine or mechanism, no matter how simple or how complex, must understand the fundamental principles of stress analysis.

Course learning outcomes

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:

  1. review and apply the principles of static equilibrium to the analysis of structures such as pressure vessels, beams, and torsion members;
  2. evaluate stress and strain within various structures by applying the appropriate engineering theories;
  3. formulate solutions to problems requiring the application of suitable engineering theories for stress and strain;
  4. locate and calculate the highest equivalent stress on any section of a beam or shaft undergoing simple or combined loading, and determine if yield failure will occur.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Normal stress and strain 5.00
2. Pressure vessels 5.00
3. Shear stress and strain 5.00
4. Torsion members 10.00
5. Beam members 20.00
6. Shear stress in beams 10.00
7. Elastic plastic analysis 5.00
8. Buckling 5.00
9. Stress analysis 15.00
10. Strain analysis 10.00
11. Theories of elastic failure 5.00
12. Combined loading 5.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Beer, FP, Johnston, ER, DeWolf JT & Mazurek, DF 2015, Mechanics of materials, 7th edn, McGraw-Hill, New York.
(in SI units.)

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Report 1 No 15 1,2,3,4
Assignments Written Report 2 No 20 1,2,3,4
Assignments Written Report 3 No 35 1,2,3,4
Examinations Non-invigilated Time limited online examinatn No 30 1,2,3,4
Date printed 10 February 2023