| Semester 1, 2023 Springfield On-campus | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Engineering |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: ENM1500 or ENM1600
Overview
This course integrates mathematical and physics concepts to provide students with introductory mechanics knowledge to prepare them for the course CIV1501 Engineering Statics. Topics included are: length, time, mass, Newton's laws, pressure, stress, moment, torque, work, friction, two dimensional position and force vectors, particle equilibrium, resultant forces, rigid body equilibrium, centroids and second moment of areas.
Course learning outcomes
The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course students will be able to:
- use basic quantities and idealisations of mechanics and SI system of units;
- explain Newton's laws of motion;
- define pressure, stress, moment, torque, work;
- explain the concept of friction and analyse the equilibrium under frictional forces;
- express force and position in vector form and determine magnitude and direction of two-dimensional vectors;
- analyse & solve rigid body equilibrium problems;
- determine the centroid of an area and the second moments of area of simple shapes.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Parameters involving length, time and mass; SI systems of Units | 10.00 |
| 2. | Newton鈥檚 Laws | 10.00 |
| 3. | Pressure, stress, moment, torque and work | 10.00 |
| 4. | Friction | 10.00 |
| 5. | Two-dimensional position and force vectors | 20.00 |
| 6. | Rigid body equilibrium | 20.00 |
| 7. | Centroids & first and second moment of area | 20.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
(ISBN: 9780170365963, 215 pages.)
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
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Problem Solving 1 | No | 25 | 1,2,3 |
| Problem Solving 2 | No | 35 | 4,5 |
| Quiz | No | 40 | 5,6,7 |