MECH ENG 2002 - Stress Analysis and Design
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| Course Code | MECH ENG 2002 |
| Course | Stress Analysis and Design |
| Coordinating Unit | School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences |
| Term | Semester 2 2013 |
| Mode | Internal |
| Level | Undergraduate |
| Location/s | North Terrace |
| Units | 3 |
| Contact | Up to 4 hours per week |
| Prerequisites | Not applicable |
| Corequisites | Not applicable |
| Incompatible | Not applicable |
| Assumed Knowledge | MECH ENG 1007 & C&ENVENG 1010 |
| Restrictions | Available to BE(Mechanical & Aerospace), BE(Mechanical & Automotive), BE(Computational), BE(Mechanical), BE(Mechatronic), BE(Mechanical & Sports), BE(Mechanical & Sustainable Energy) and associated double and combined degree students only. |
| Quota | Not applicable |
| Course Description | Concept of stress and strain, characterisation of stress-strain curves and failure of metals, plastics and wood, Hooke's law in tension/compression and shear, axially loaded members, Saint-Venant's principle, non-linear deformation, statically indeterminate structures, thermal stresses, torsion of circular bars and tubes, bending, stresses in beams, combined loading, deflection of beams, buckling instability, analysis of stress and strain, Mohr's circle, generalized Hooke's law, strain energy, energy methods, elementary theories of plasticity and failure, intro to design of columns, shafts, pressure vessels, welded joints, fasteners and springs and Finite Element Analysis. |
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