Engineering Mechanics

Course aim

This course will provide essential knowledge of Statics that will prepare students for the design, modelling and analysis of structural and mechanical systems. In the course, the students will develop analytical and problem solving skills to model and analyse forces, moments and their effects on the equilibrium state of particles, rigid bodies and structural members. The course will also provide students with a basic understanding of Dynamics.

Course content

The resources and activities in this course will cover the following main topics: fundamentals of Statics, force and moment, equivalent force system, centroid and moment of inertia, free-body diagram and supports, static equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, truss analysis, and friction. The course will also introduce analysing impacts of forces in dynamic and non-equilibrium conditions.

Textbook(s)

F.P. Beer, E.R Johnston Jr., E.R. Eisenberg, and D. Mazurek 2015, Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics, 11th, McGraw Hill Education

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Seminar	1 hour x 4 weeks
Workshop	3 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External	N/A x 13 weeks
Workshop (Compulsory attendance at Mawson Lakes Campus)	N/A x 2 days

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Examination, Group project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.