Course Title: Stress 2

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6011 Advanced Diploma of Engineering (Aerospace)

Course Title: Stress 2

Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 80

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Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
AERO5400	City Campus	TAFE	130T Vocational Engineering	Face-to-Face	Term2 2009, Term2 2010, Term1 2011, Term2 2011

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to provide training in aerospace engineering structural analysis concepts and computations for para-professional technicians.
This course focuses on structural analysis concepts for the para-professional technician in solid mechanics. Areas covered include: strain, shear, bending, torsion stress, concentration, fatigue and design.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

AERO5390 Stress 1

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

VBH733 Stress 2

Learning Outcomes

1. Analyse and explain strain energy.
2. Analyse and explain aspects of axial force and deformation.
3. Analyse and explain aspects of shear force and deformation.
4. Analyse and explain aspects of stresses within thin walled pressure vessels and perform related calculations.
5. Explain, analyse and perform calculations relating to beam bending stresses and curvature.
6. Analyse and perform calculations relating to beam shear stress.
7. Analyse, explain and perform calculations relating to shear stress and strain in members under torsional load.
8. Explain, analyse and perform calculations relating to two dimensional stresses.
9. Explain, analyse and perform calculations relating to two dimensional strain.
10. Explain, analyse and perform calculations relating to the stress-strain relationship in a two dimensional stress system.
11. Explain, analyse and perform calculations relating to stresses in joints.
12. Analyse and perform calculations relating to the deflecting of beams.
13. Explain, analyse and perform calculations relating to column instability and building.
14.Perfom calculations and experiments relating to the concentration of stresses and explain related concepts.
15. Explain the process of metal fatigue and perform fatigue life calculations.
16. Research and explain aspects of aircraft design.

Overview of Assessment

To successfully complete this course the student is required to pass written assessment tasks and demonstrate skills and ability by completing pratical tasks to aerospace standard.