MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Engineering Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
GEG1303
Introduction to engineering structures
L Soste and D Nag
4 points + 26 lecture hours, 26 tutorial hours + First semester +
Gippsland/Internal and distance + Prerequisite: Admission to the Bachelor of
Engineering course
Objectives The student is expected to develop functionality with
analyses of various simple structural systems.
Synopsis Resolution of forces, conditions for static equilibrium and
statical determinancy. Free body diagrams. Calculation of forces in trusses,
frames and machines. Shear force and bending moments in beams. Properties of
areas - centroid, second moment of area, Mohr's circle.
Assessment Examinations: 60% + Assignments: 40%
Prescribed texts
- Bedford A and Fowler W I Engineering mechanics: Statics
Addison-Wesley, 1995
Recommended texts
- Riley W F and Sturges L D Engineering mechanics: Statics Wiley,
1993
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