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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Engineering Mechanics

  • Unit Code

    ENS1101

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides a thorough coverage of the principles of engineering mechanics with a focus primarily on the fundamentals of statics and application of these principles to problems related to engineering structures and systems.

Prerequisite Rule

((Scaled Score in PHY3A/3B > 49.99 OR Scaled Score in PHY3 > 49.99 OR Students must pass 1 units from SCP1132) AND For COURSE_CODE NOT IN K94, Y13, Y28, Y44, Y45, Y46, Y47, Y49, Y50, Y51, Y54, Y55, Y60, Y64, Y65, Y66, Y74, Y75 Do (Students must pass 1 units from MAT1137, MAT1236 OR Scaled Score in MAT3C/3D > 49.99) Otherwise true)

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENM2210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the forces, including distributed forces and frictional forces, on structures based on the conditions of static equilibrium.
  2. Demonstrate an ability to estimate centres of mass, lines, area and volume, and moments and products of inertia.
  3. Draw free-body diagrams in order to accurately describe structural elements and systems.
  4. Use the principles of statics to resolve the forces and moments in engineering systems.

Unit Content

  1. Basic concepts of mechanics and vectors.
  2. Distributed force systems: centre of mass, centroids of lines, areas, and volumes, composite bodies and figures.
  3. Equilibrium in two and three dimensions: system isolation and free-body diagrams, equilibrium conditions.
  4. External loading and reactions acting on beams, shear force, axial force and bending moment, chains and cables.
  5. Frictional forces: laws of Coulomb friction, rolling resistance, belt friction and design of belt drives.
  6. Moment of inertia: transfer theorems, radius of gyration, moment of inertia by integration, moment of inertia for composite areas and for areas around inclined axes, and mass moment of inertia.
  7. Structures: plane trusses, method of joints, method of sections, space trusses, frames and machines.
  8. Two- and three-dimensional force systems: rectangular components, moments and couples, resultants.
  9. Work and energy: method of virtual work, active-force diagrams, virtual displacements, degrees of freedom, potential energy and stability.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work, reports and/or problem sets25%
TestMid-semester test15%
Examination ^End of semester examination60%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Meriam, J.L., & Kraige, L.G. (2008). Engineering mechanics - statics, SI units (6th ed.). New York: John Wiley.
  • Nelson, E., Best, C., & Potter, M. (2010). Schaum's outline of engineering mechanics: statics (6th ed.). Boston: McGraw Hill.
  • Hibbeler, R.C. (2007). Engineering mechanics - statics (11th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
  • Bedford, A., & Fowler, W. (2004). Engineering mechanics - statics (4th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
  • Beer, F., Eisenberg, E.R. & Johnston, E.R. (2007). Vector mechanics for engineers, statics, SI Version (8th ed.). Boston: McGraw Hill.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Engineering Mechanics

  • Unit Code

    ENS1101

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides a thorough coverage of the principles of engineering mechanics with a focus primarily on the fundamentals of statics and application of these principles to problems related to engineering structures and systems.

Prerequisite Rule

((Scaled Score in PHY3A/3B > 49.99 OR Scaled Score in PHY3 > 49.99 OR Students must pass 1 units from SCP1132) AND For COURSE_CODE NOT IN K94, Y13, Y28, Y44, Y45, Y46, Y47, Y49, Y50, Y51, Y54, Y55, Y60, Y64, Y65, Y66, Y74, Y75 Do (Students must pass 1 units from MAT1137, MAT1236 OR Scaled Score in MAT3C/3D > 49.99) Otherwise true)

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENM2210

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the forces, including distributed forces and frictional forces, on structures based on the conditions of static equilibrium.
  2. Demonstrate an ability to estimate centres of mass, lines, area and volume, and moments and products of inertia.
  3. Draw free-body diagrams in order to accurately describe structural elements and systems.
  4. Use the principles of statics to resolve the forces and moments in engineering systems.

Unit Content

  1. Basic concepts of mechanics and vectors.
  2. Distributed force systems: centre of mass, centroids of lines, areas, and volumes, composite bodies and figures.
  3. Equilibrium in two and three dimensions: system isolation and free-body diagrams, equilibrium conditions.
  4. External loading and reactions acting on beams, shear force, axial force and bending moment, chains and cables.
  5. Frictional forces: laws of Coulomb friction.
  6. Moment of inertia: transfer theorems, radius of gyration, moment of inertia by integration, moment of inertia for composite areas and for areas around inclined axes, and mass moment of inertia.
  7. Structures: plane trusses, method of joints, method of sections, space trusses, frames and machines.
  8. Two- and three-dimensional force systems: rectangular components, moments and couples, resultants.
  9. Work and energy: active-force diagrams, virtual displacements, degrees of freedom, potential energy and stability.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and reports15%
TestMid-semester tests30%
Examination ^End of semester examination55%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Meriam, J.L., & Kraige, L.G. (2008). Engineering mechanics - statics, SI units (6th ed.). New York: John Wiley.
  • Hibbeler, R.C. (2007). Engineering mechanics - statics (11th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
  • Bedford, A., & Fowler, W. (2004). Engineering mechanics - statics (4th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
  • Nelson, E., Best, C., & Potter, M. (2010). Schaum's outline of engineering mechanics: statics (6th ed.). Boston: McGraw Hill.
  • Beer, F., Eisenberg, E.R. & Johnston, E.R. (2007). Vector mechanics for engineers, statics, SI Version (8th ed.). Boston: McGraw Hill.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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