Solve

x = 1+ 1+ 1+ 1+ 1+ x

PERCEPTION

Lecturers
Clancy
Associate Professor
Mario Attard
Course Coordinator
m.attard@unsw.edu.au
Room CE 514
Weeks 1-6

Dr David Kellermann
d.kellermann@unsw.edu.au
Room CE 508
Weeks 7-12

WHAT IS MECHANICS OF SOLIDS

(MOS)?
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a branch of applied mechanics that deals with the

behaviour of solid bodies subjected to various types of
loading
Other names:
Strength of materials
Mechanics of deformable bodies

WHY MOS ?

WHY MOS?
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.

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE

OF MOS
- to determine the stresses, strains and displacements in
structures and their components due to the loads acting
on them
- 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

Course Program
Week

Topic

Assessment

Introduction. Revision of Statics. Geometric Properties of sections.

(Equilibrium, FBD, BMD, SFD, AFD)

Principal section properties.

Class problem
sessions start

Concept of Stresses. Stress block.

Hand In 1

Concept of Strain. Mechanical properties of materials.

Mid-Semester Break 25th March to 3rd April

Stresses and Deformation due to Axial Force. Indeterminate axial force

problems.

Bending stresses. Composite sections.

Inelastic bending stresses.

Beam deflections. Indeterminate beams.

Shear stress in beams. Shear flow.

10

Shear stress in thin-walled beams. Torsion.

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Torsion.

12

Stress transformation, Principal stresses. Principal strains. Mohrs circle. 3D Hooks law, Plane stress & Plane strain.

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Revision

Hand In 2

Mid-Semester QUIZ
Hand In 3
Hand In 4

Class problem
sessions finish

LECTURES/WORK CLASSES

Class

Tuesday, 10am -12pm

Thursday, 1pm 2pm

Work Classes

Thursday 2pm 4pm,

Thursday 4pm 6pm

Clancy
Clancy

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WORK CLASSES

Work classes
start in
Week 2
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WORK CLASSES
Room

Demonstrators
Afshin Mellati, Chengwei Yang

Time
Thursday 2pm-4pm
Thursday 2pm-4pm

Gold G04

Albert Artha Saputra, David Soedibyo

Hartanto
Bambang Piscesa, Daniel OShea, Daniel
Setioso,
Binhua Wu, Ke He, Jeremy Tinslay

Mat 130

Alireza Akbarzadeh, Jason Lam

Thursday 2pm-4pm

RedC M010

Atheththan Vigneswaran, David Morgan

Thursday 2pm-4pm

Ainswth G01

Afshin Mellati, Chengwei Yang

Thursday 4pm-6pm

Ainswth 201

Thursday 4pm-6pm

Mat 130

Albert Artha Saputra, David Soedibyo

Hartanto
Bambang Piscesa, Daniel OShea, David
Morgan
Binhua Wu, Ke He, Atheththan
Vigneswaran
Alireza Akbarzadeh, Jason Lam

Col LG01

Daniel Setioso, Jeremy Tinslay

Thursday 4pm-6pm

Ainswth G01
Ainswth 201
Gold G16

Gold G16
Gold G04

Campus Map:

Thursday 2pm-4pm
Thursday 2pm-4pm

Thursday 4pm-6pm
Thursday 4pm-6pm
Thursday 4pm-6pm

Gold Goldstein Hall D16; Ainswth Ainsworth Building J17; Mat Mathews F23;
RedC Red Center H13; Col Colombo House B16;
http://www.facilities.unsw.edu.au/sites/all/files/KENC%20Campus%20Map_6.pdf
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WORKLOAD

Average 12 hours a week

5 hours formal contact
7.5+ hours private study

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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 mid semester quiz 20% (week
7)+ 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.
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Course Program
Week

Topic

Assessment

Introduction. Revision of Statics. Geometric Properties of sections.

(Equilibrium, FBD, BMD, SFD, AFD)

Principal section properties.

Class problem
sessions start

Concept of Stresses. Stress block.

Hand In 1

Concept of Strain. Mechanical properties of materials.

Mid-Semester Break 25th March to 3rd April

Stresses and Deformation due to Axial Force. Indeterminate axial force

problems.

Bending stresses. Composite sections.

Inelastic bending stresses.

Beam deflections. Indeterminate beams.

Shear stress in beams. Shear flow.

10

Shear stress in thin-walled beams. Torsion.

11

Torsion.

12

Stress transformation, Principal stresses. Principal strains. Mohrs circle. 3D Hooks law, Plane stress & Plane strain.

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Revision

Hand In 2

Mid-Semester QUIZ
Hand In 3
Hand In 4

Class problem
sessions finish

ASSESSMENT

Work Classes Hand-In(s)

Done in the first hour!
Late submission will not be
accepted!!
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REFERENCE BOOK
Reference:
Hibbeler, R.C. Mechanics of Materials, SI
Version 9th Edition. Pearson Education.
Recommended Reading:

Popov, E.P. (1998) Engineering Mechanics of Solids,

2nd Edn, Prentice-Hall.
Riley, W., Sturges L. and Morris D. (2007),
Mechanics of Materials, 6th Edition, John Wiley &
Sons.
Hall, AS, An Introduction to Mechanics of Solids, J.
Wiley and Sons 1969 (look in library)

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SOFTWARE
CVEN computer lab
http://www.mdsolids.com

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

Moodle
http://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/login/index.php

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EMAIL

Announcements via UNSW email =

= Announcements made in lectures
(it is your responsibility to check you UNSW email
regularly)

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PREPARATION
It is your responsibility to come to the class
prepared!!
Lecture material and work classes will only
be understood if you have completed
your readings prior to attending the class

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A NOTE ON CLASS PARTICIPATION

This is strongly encouraged

and rewarded
It is much better to say
something you realize is
mistaken than never to say
it at all.

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BEHAVIOUR IN
CLASS
Lectures begin at 5 minutes past the hour
Disruptive behaviour will NOT be tolerated! (no talking, no
mobile phones, no laptops!!)
If you dont understand something please ask me to
explain it better!!

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CONTACT WITH STAFF

Your comments and

criticism, expressed
either to myself or
your demonstrator
will be noted!!

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ELEARNING MOODLE

Lecture Notes
Work Classes Hand-in Solutions
Quiz Solutions
Quiz Results
Important Announcements
Links
Class Emails
Discussions, etc.

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SHORT
BREAK !

Jodi Rose Singing Bridges

Solution
x = 1+ 1+ 1+ 1+ 1+ x

x = 1+ x
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