CVEN2301

MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

Week 1
Introduction
ALI AMIN & MARIO ATTARD

Perception of Civil Engineers

What my friends think I do

What other Engineers

think I do

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Lecturers
Stream A - CLB 7

Associate Professor
Mario Attard
Course Coordinator
m.attard@unsw.edu.au
Room CE 514
Weeks 1-6
Dr Sawekchai (Ball)
Tangaramvong

sawekchai@unsw.edu.au
Room CE 610
Weeks 7-12

Stream B - CLB 8

Ali Amin
ali.amin@unsw.edu.au
Room CE 802
Weeks 1-12

What is Mechanics of Solids?

A branch of applied mechanics that deals with the behaviour of solid
bodies subjected to various types of loading
We dont want this to happen.

Why Mechanics of Solids?

Statics, Maths,
Physics

Mechanics
of Solids
Structural Analysis,
Geotechnical Engineering
Water Engineering

Design of Structures

Course Objectives
Continue the concepts of engineering mechanics so that students gain
an understanding of the structural behaviour of materials.
Students should be able to calculate the stresses and deformations of
simple structures such as columns and beams.
If we can find these quantities for all values of the loads up to the loads
that cause failure, we will have a complete picture of the mechanical
behaviour of these structures

Assessment
The final grade will be based on the sum of the scores from each of the
assessment task.
The final examination in June is worth 60% of the Final Mark.

The class work ( 1 major quiz 20% (week &)+ Tutorial Hand-Ins 20%) &
Final Examination 60%
A mark of at least 40% in the final examination is required before
the class work is included in the final mark.

Course Program
Week

Topic

Introduction. Revision of Statics. Geometric Properties of sections.

Assessment

(Equilibrium, FBD, BMD, SFD, AFD)

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3
4
5

Principal section properties.

Tutorials Start
Concept of Stresses. Stress block.
Tutorial Hand In 1
Concept of Strain. Mechanical properties of materials.
Stresses and Deformation due to Axial Force. Indeterminate axial force Tutorial Hand In 2
problems.

6
7

Bending stresses. Composite sections.

Inelastic bending stresses.
Mid-Semester QUIZ
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th
Mid-Semester Break 21 April to 25 April
Beam deflections. Indeterminate beams.
Shear stress in beams. Shear flow.
Tutorial Hand In 3
Shear stress in thin-walled beams. Torsion.
Torsion.
Tutorial Hand In 4
Stress transformation, Principal stresses. Principal strains. Mohrs circle. 3-D
Hooks law, Plane stress & Plane strain.

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10
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12
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Revision

Tutorials Finish

Resources
Reference

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Hibbeler, R.C., Mechanics of Materials, SI Version 9 Edition. Pearson Education.

Additional Readings

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Riley, W., Sturges L. and Morris D. (2007), Mechanics of Materials, 6 Edition, John Wiley & Sons.

Websites
www.mdsolids.com
Technology Enabled Learning and Teaching Wed Site and login to Moodle

http://telt.unsw.edu.au/
https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/login/index.php
Pearson MasterEngineering
http://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/masteringengineering/
UNSW Library Database
Access Engineering platform of e-books, videos and interactive tables and graphs.
Look at the Curriculum Map and select Strength of Materials