Applied mechanics 1
N Di Toro
3 points * 20 lecture hours, 8 laboratory hours, 11 tutorial hours * First semester * Caulfield
Statics, definition of force and moment; vector addition, resultants, units. Equilibrium: concurrent planar forces, reactions, free body diagrams. Determinant structures: load and support notation, reactions using equations for equilibrium. Trusses: requirements for structural sufficiency, method of joints and sections. One-dimensional stress: definition of stress and strain, elastic modulus, elongation, Poisson's ratio effects with one-dimensional stress fields. Compatibility: axial stiffness, deflection of linked members, series and parallel systems. Force diagrams: equilibrium with external loads, bending moment, shear force and axial load at a point, bending moment, shear force and axial load diagrams. Beam stress: stresses due to bending in symmetric sections, neutral axes, centroid, first and second moment of area, section modulus, extreme fibre stress.
Assessment
Examinations (3 hours): 60% * Laboratory work, class tests, problem solving: 40%
Prescribed texts
Di Toro N Lecture notes: Applied mechanics 1 - statics 1994 (available from the bookshop)