The primary aim of the course is to provide students with the basic skills and knowledge required to analyse displacement, stress, strain and failure in deformable solids and biological tissues using analytical solutions and the Finite Element Method. At the completion of the course, students should:

You are required to have access to the following texts:

Please see the MyUni learning area for this course which is located at the following:

https://myuni.adelaide.edu.au and type in the course name or code
(Sports Materials – MECH ENG 3108).

1. Bartel et al. Orthopaedic Biomechanics: mechanics and design in musculoskeletal systems. Pearson Prentice Hall Bioengineering, 2006. ISBN 0-13008-9095
2. Margareta Nordin, Victor H. Frankel [editors]. Basic biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
3. Mow & Huiskes [editors].Basic orthopaedic biomechanics & mechano-biology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, c2005.
4. Nigg and Herzog (Editor), Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System, Wiley, 2007.
5. Jenkins M: Materials in Sports Equipment, Vol. 1. CRC Press / Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, 2003.
6. Subic A. Materials in Sports Equipment, Vol. 2. CRC Press / Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, 2007.
7. Gibson LJ, Ashby MF. Cellular Solids. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997
8. Mills N: Polymer Foams Handbook. Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, Oxford, 2007.
9. Hong Y, editor. International Research in Sports Biomechanics. Routledge Publishers, New York, 2002. ISBN – 0415262302.
10. Subic A J and Haake S J, editors. The Engineering of Sport: research, development and innovation. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, UK, 2000. ISBN – 0-632-055634.

1. Ugural, A.C. and Fenster, S.K. Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, Pearson Education Inc. 1995.
2. Cook, R.D. and Young, W.C., Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1999.
3. Bower, A.F., Advanced Mechanics of Solids at Brown University, US (web-based lecture notes) http://www.engin.brown.edu/courses/en175/.
4. Bickford, W.B. Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 1988.
5. Curtis, H.D. Fundamentals of Aircraft Structural Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
6. Moaveni, S. Finite element analysis: theory and application with ANSYS, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.
7. Timoshenko, S.P. and Goodier, J.N. Theory of Elasticity, 1981 (Well written, and contains lots of useful solutions to elastic boundary value problems, but the book does not cover plasticity or finite element analysis).
8. Lai W., Rubin D. and Krempl, E. An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics, 3rd Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995.
9. Gould, P.L. Introduction to Linear Elasticity, Springer-Verlag New York Inc, 1983.
10. Budynas, R.G. Advanced Strength and Applied Stress Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
11. Den Hartog, J.P. Advanced Strength of Materials, Dover Publishing, 1996.
12. Barber, J.R., Elasticity, (A modern and well-written introduction to linear elasticity).
13. Saada, A.S. Elasticity Theory and Applications, Pergamon Press Inc, 1974.
14. Malvern, L.E. Introduction to the Mechanics of Continuous Media, (recommended for advanced students only).

1. Askeland D.R. The Science and Engineering of Materials 3rd SI Edition, Chapman and Hall 1999.
2. Callister W.D., Materials Science and Engineering, an Introduction, 7ed, Wiley, 2007.
3. Ashby M.F., Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, 3ed, Elsevier, 2005.
4. Kalpakjian S. and Schmid S.R., Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 6ed, Pearson Ed, 2010.
5. Hull, D., An introduction to Composite Materials, Cambridge University Press, 1st ed, 1981
6. Chawla. K. K., Composite Materials-Science and Engineering, Springer, 2nd ed, 1998
7. Clyne T.W. and Withers P.J., An Introduction to Metal Matrix Composites, Cambridge University Press, 1st ed, 1993

As per university recommendations: it is expected that students spend 48 hrs/week during teaching periods, and that a 3 unit course has a minimum workload of 156 hours. Additional time may need to be spent acquiring assumed knowledge, working on assessment during non-teaching periods, and preparing for and attending examinations.

Sport Materials & Composites (50%):

Sports and Biological Materials

• Polymers, properties and applications (golf balls, cover and core)
• Rubbers, properties and applications (infills, artificial turf, rubber tracks, rubber balls)
• Polymer and rubber foams, principles of cellular solids, energy absorption, properties and applications (cushions, sandwich panels, protective equipment)
• Design of protective equipment with foams
• Natural materials (leather, wood, cork; cork balls, wooden bats, racquets and sticks)
• Metals and alloys, properties and applications (clubs, racquets, bats, climbing equipment) IB
• Tennis strings and climbing ropes
• Composite materials, carbon fibres and MMC, properties and applications (racquets, vaulting poles, bicycles, wheelchairs, skis and snowboards)
• Piezoelectric materials, properties and vibration control (racquets, bats, skis, snowboards)

Human Biological Materials

• Tendons, properties, energy storage and return
• Bone tissues, properties and fracture mechanics
• Cartilage tissues, properties and injuries
• Non-linear visco-elastic modelling
• Load transfer between tissues
• Overuse/overstrain syndromes and injury management

Composites

• Fibre reinforced composites
• Principles of reinforcement
• Mechanical properties
• Manufacturing routes
• Other composites
• Applications

Solid Mechanics (50%):

1. INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW (5%)

1. Course organization and policies
2. Prerequisites
3. Finite Element Project

2. CONCEPT OF STRESS (5%)

1. Stress at a point
2. Principal stresses and principal directions
3. Equilibrium equations
4. Stress transformation equations

3. CONCEPT OF STRAIN (5%)

1. Strain-displacement equations
2. Normal, shear and volumetric strain
3. Compatibility equations

4. BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS (5%)

1. Stress-Strain curve
2. Strain hardening, plasticity and visco-elasticity
3. Generalized Hooke's law
4. Interpretation of elastic constants
5. Solid Mechanics in Engineering Design
6. Examples

5. ELEMENTARY SOLUTIONS OF THE THEORY OF ELASTICITY (10%)

1. Fundamental principles of analysis
2. General solution for axisymmetric problems
3. Shrink-fit theory and compound cylinders
4. Spinning disks

6. PLASTICITY (10 %)

1. Elementary models of the theory of plasticity
2. Plasticity action in pressurized cylinder
3. Residual stresses
4. Fracture-Safe design concept

OTHER ADVANCED TOPICS (Time permitting)

CATCHUP AND REVISION (Time permitting)

None

The Sports Materials module is worth 50% of the course assessment and the Solid Mechanics module is worth 50% of the course assessment.

Assignments, project, quizzes, laboratory reports 30%

Final Exam 70%

The Final exam will be scheduled in the University exam weeks.

All assignments are due by 5pm on the due date. Details of each task are tabulated below. Please note that while every effort has been made to ensure that this information reflects an accurate plan, the coordinate and lecturers have the right to make changes that ensure the continual improvement of the course. Any such changes will be mad clear during the lectures and via MyUni.

Sports/Biological Materials

Sport Materials Laboratory 1: Materials testing

This laboratory will involve materials testing (sports or biological). You will be required to submit a formal laboratory report for assessment and this will be 15% in the assessment of the Sports/Biological/Composite Materials part of this course (7.5% of total course). This laboratory class will likely take place within Week 3-6 and the report will be submitted 2 weeks from the date of the laboratory. Attendance is mandatory.

Sport Materials Tutorial: Knee dissection

This tutorial will involve the systematic dissection of a pig knee to determine the function, structure and qualitative properties of the tissues of the knee. This tutorial will be carried out at UniSA. You will be required to submit a short report for assessment and this will be 3% of the assessment in the Sports/Biological Materials part of this course (1.5% of total course). This tutorial class will likely take place within Week 1 of the mid-semester break and the report will be submitted 2 weeks from the date of the laboratory. Attendance is mandatory.

Sport Materials Project

There will be a group project based on the applications of composite materials in sports equipment and/or biological materials. Further details will be provided at the beginning of semester. This assessment will be 12% of the assessment in the Sports/Biological Materials part of this course (6% of total course). The report will likely be due Friday Week 12, this will be confirmed at the beginning of semester.

Solid Mechanics

Assignments 1 – 3

There are problem-solving exercises. These problems will be discussed in class in detail before the due date. Example problems with full worked solutions will be considered in class and the solutions of the assignment’s problem will be available on MyUni.

FE Tutorials Report

This is an individually written assignment on the FE modelling part of the course and will involve problem-solving exercises. The timetable of FE tutorials will be available on MyUni in the beginning of semester.

Lab Classes Report

This is a group assignment on the experimental study part of the course. The timetable for the lab classes will be available on MyUni in the beginning of semester.

Quizzes

Quizzes are individual in-class assignments and this includes problem-solving exercises to be completed in 45 min with full worked solutions to be available on MyUni.

Solid Mechanics Quizzes will be collected at the end of tutorial.

All other Solid Mechanics assignments and reports must be submitted as a hard copy accompanied by an assessment cover sheet. These must be placed in the labelled box located on level 2 of Engineering South Building.

All Sports/Biological Materials and Composites assessments must be submitted in hard-copy, accompanied by an assessment cover sheet, to the “Sports Materials” box located on level 2 of Engineering South Building AND must be submitted electronically in PDF format via email to claire.jones@adelaide.edu.au

Late assessments will be penalised 10% per day. Extensions for assignments and reports will only be given in exceptional circumstances and a case for this with supporting documentation can be made in writing after a lecture or via email. Hard copy assignments will be assessed and returned in 2 weeks of the due date. There will be no opportunities for re-submission of work of unacceptable standard.