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Mechanics of Solids - CVEN2301
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 5
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Corequisite: CVEN1300.
 
 
Fee Band:   (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

An introduction to the strength of materials: revision of statics and properties of sections; 3 dimensional statics; concepts of stress and strain; stress-strain relationships; bars under axial force, bending moment, shear force, torsion; deflections due to bending and shear; combined stresses; stresses and strains at a point; principal stresses and strains; failure criterion; slender column buckling.

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