Structural Mechanics
64 hours face to face + blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit of study aims to provide students with an understanding of structural and material behaviour, failure modes and the design of simple structures and machine components.
Requisites
Prerequisites
ENG10003
Engineering MechanicsOR
ENG10002 Engineering Materials
OR
CVE10004 Mechanics of Structures *
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Analyse structural and material behaviour (K1, K2, K3, S1, S2)
- Apply failure theories in the design of simple structures and machine components (K2, K3, K6, S1, S3)
- Apply relevant standards and codes of practice in the design of simple structures and machine components (K3, K6, S1, S3)
- Safely execute experiments, analyse and interpret results and errors, and formulate conclusions (K2, K6, S1, A7)
- Conduct laboratory activities as part of a team and generate high quality reports (A2, A7)
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
On-campus Lecture |
2.00 | 11 weeks | 22 |
Live Online Lecture |
2.00 | 5 weeks | 10 |
On-campus Class |
2.00 | 11 weeks | 22 |
On-campus Lab |
2.00 | 3 weeks | 6 |
Online Learning activities |
0.50 | 12 weeks | 6 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
7.00 | 12 weeks | 84 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Examination | Individual | 40 - 60% | 1,2,3 |
Quizzes | Individual | 20 - 30% | 1,2,3 |
Laboratory Report | Individual/Group | 15 - 25% | 4,5 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:
- an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
- Obtain at least 40% in the final exam, and
- Obtain at least 40% of the possible marks for the laboratory hurdle.
Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement 2 and 3 in full, will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
Content
- Concept of Stress: definition of normal stress, shearing stress and bearing stress, free-body diagram, force triangle
- Torsion: shearing stress, shearing strain, angle of twist, torque diagram
- Bending Stresses: symmetrical sections, composite sections, plasticity
- Mohr's Circles for plane stress and plane strain: strain gauges
- Constitutive Equations: generalized Hook's law
- Failure Theories: Von Mises criterion, Tresca criterion
- Thin Walled pressure vessel: hoop stress and longitudinal stress
- Beam Shear Force and Bending Moment: Analysis for reactions, shear force and bending for beams subjected to transverse loads
- Beam Deflections: double integration method and superposition method
- Columns: Euler buckling and local buckling, Euler's formulae
- Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.