Course Title: Stress 1
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2009
Course Code: AERO5390
Course Title: Stress 1
School: 130T Engineering (TAFE)
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6011 - Advanced Diploma of Engineering (Aerospace)
Course Contact : Steven Bevan
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4137
Course Contact Email:steven.bevan@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Course Teacher: Amir R Zokaeifard
Email: amir.fard@rmit.edu.au
Phone:99254184
Nominal Hours: 60
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
MATH5156 Aerospace Mathematics 1
ONPS5098 Aerospace Physics 1
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to provide training in Aerospace Engineering Structural analysis concepts and computations.
This course provides an introduction to the basic tools used in the mechanics of solids, engineering analysis and the development of skills required to apply these to the analysis and design of engineering structures.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
VBH732 Stress 1 |
Learning Outcomes
1. Explain the engineering concepts of stress and strain.
2. State and explain aspects of two dimensional force systems and perform related calculations.
3. State and explain concepts relating to the forces involved in a state of equilibrium in two dimensions, and perform related calculations.
4. Analyse the forces within statically determinate beam.
5. Calculate the support reactions and forces in the members of plane frames and machines.
6. Analyse a statically determinate truss to measure truss member forces.
7. Resolve three dimensional force systems.
8. Determine conditions of equilibrium in three dimensional force systems.
9. Calculate the forces within a loaded statically determinate space frame.
Details of Learning Activities
The learning activities in this course are designed to equip students with knowledge and skills in applying the principles of static equilibrium to calculate the support reactions of determinate structures, internal forces in plane frames and trusses, internal forces in determinate beams, analyse 3D frames and trusses and determine the second moment of area and the product of moment area for structure members with various cross sections.
The course will be using a number of means such as lectures, reading tasks and assignments to achieve these objectives.
Lecture: The lectures are 200 minutes long- with two 20 minutes breaks in between- and take place once a week. We lecture mainly using Microsoft® PowerPoint slides, but enhance the material with some active learning exercises.
Readings: The readings will use the recommended textbooks and give an overview of the published literature in the field. Normally readings are assigned at the end of each lecture in preparation of the next lecture.
Assignments: The assignments will challenge the students and ensure that participants apply and deepen the theoretical knowledge from the lectures.
Teaching Schedule
Week 1- Preliminary: Vector operations of forces; the equilibrium concept and creating a Free-Body Diagram (FBD)
Week 2- Introduction to statics: Calculation of support reactions of statically determinate beams, frames and trusses
Week 3- Tutorial
Week 4- Tutorial- compound beams
Week 5- Calculation of forces in the members of plane frames, trusses and machines by the methods of section and joints
Week 6- Tutorial
Week 7- Tutorial
Week 8- Internal forces developed in statically determinate beams and method of construction of shear force and bending moment diagrams
Week 9- Tutorial
Week10- Tutorial
Week 11- Analysis of three dimensional frames and trusses
Week 12- Introduction to stress analysis: Calculation of the second moment of area and the product of moment of area
Week 13- Tutorial
Week 14- Tutorial and Review
Week 15- Examination (29th May)
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
No text book is prescribed for this course, however, other related resources such as study guides, problem sheets and formula sheets generated by the course lecturer and approved links to useful material on external web-sites will be provided on the RMIT Distributed Learning System (DLS). |
References
Megson, Thomas .G.H., Structural and Stress Analysis, , 2nd Edition, Elsevier (Butterworth Heinemann), 2005 |
Other Resources
Shames, Irvin .H., Engineering Mechanics: Statics, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 1996
Shames, Irvin H. & Pittaresi, James M., Introduction to Solid Mechanics, Prentice Hall, 2000
Kinsky, Roger, Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials, McGraw-Hill, 1986
Ivanoff, val, Engineering Mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1996
Hibbler, Russel C., Statics and Mechanis of Materials, 2nd Edition, Pearson, 2004
Overview of Assessment
To successfully to complete this course the student is required to pass written assessment tasks and demonstrate skills and ability by completing practical tasks to aerospace standards.
Assessment Tasks
You will be assessed in various ways to ensure you meet the requirements of the course. Your ability to explain the principles of various topics and apply the equilibrium principles to various type of structures will be tested through individual assignments and exam works. Successful graduation from the course is achieved when the student attains at least 50% of total mark AND his/her accumulation of exams marks is NOT less than 50% of total mark for the exam.
Assessment Matrix
This course will be assessed based on the results of 6 assignments and one written exam. Contribution of each task towards the final result is as follows:
Contribution to class discussions: 10%
Assignment No. 3: 10%
Assignment No. 6: 10%
NOTE: Assignments No. 1, 2, 4 and 5 are optional and will NOT carry any mark towards the final result, except for those students whose total mark for the course is between 44 and 49.
Examination: 70%
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